Checking file exists results in "path not allowed on the configured scope" | Tauri Apps | Page 1

spring spear May 1, 2024, 10:39 PM

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Hey all, I have a simple flow where the user opens a directory (using dialog), and then I check if it has a .git directory, because we only want to allow opening repositories.

However, the exist check always fails with "path not allowed on the configured scope". Here's the code:

const homeDir = await path.homeDir(); // Has a trailing slash
const selectedDir = await dialog.open({
    defaultPath: homeDir,
    directory: true,
    recursive: true, // Adds scope permissions to nested files
});

if (!(await fs.exists(`${selectedDir}/.git`, { dir: fs.Dir.Home }))) {
    throw new Error('Directory must be a Git repository (.git not found)');
}

We only support repos within the user's home directory, so I also have this in scope: "scope": ["$HOME/**", "$HOME/*", "$HOME"]. But it still errors. Not sure what else to try.

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The error does include the correct path: path not allowed on the configured scope: /Users/miles/Projects/.git

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I've also tried relative paths, and different combinations of values to exists, but no luck.

true stratus May 2, 2024, 11:20 AM

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Are you on Linux? If so, then paths starting with . must be handled explicitly by default, see https://tauri.app/v1/api/config/#fsallowlistscope.requireliteralleadingdot (the same config should exist somewhere in v2 too but idk where tbh)

spring spear May 3, 2024, 8:01 PM

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I'm on mac, but maybe this will also apply since its unix based? Let me try.

#Checking file exists results in "path not allowed on the configured scope"