From 1fa8c7be4788ba126a09e5d4f4b872c471bdee6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Pollmeier <michael@michaelpollmeier.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:54:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] allow to make ProjectRoot finding configurable

---
 .../scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala b/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala
index ef15e506b..329d53c25 100644
--- a/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala
+++ b/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.shiftleft.utils
 
-import better.files.File
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths}
 
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 
@@ -15,19 +15,23 @@ import scala.annotation.tailrec
   * with this setting any more.
   */
 object ProjectRoot {
+  val FileNameToSearchForEnvVar = "FILE_IN_PROJECT_ROOT"
 
-  private val SEARCH_DEPTH = 4
   object SearchDepthExceededError extends Error
+  
+  private val SEARCH_DEPTH = 4
+  private lazy val filenameToSearchFor = 
+    sys.env
+      .get(FileNameToSearchForEnvVar)
+      .getOrElse(".git")
 
   def relativise(path: String): String =
     s"$findRelativePath$path"
 
   def findRelativePath: String = {
-    val fileThatOnlyExistsInRoot = ".git"
-
     @tailrec def loop(depth: Int): String = {
       val pathPrefix = "./" + "../" * depth
-      if (File(s"$pathPrefix$fileThatOnlyExistsInRoot").exists) pathPrefix
+      if (Files.exists(Paths.get(s"$pathPrefix$filenameToSearchFor"))) pathPrefix
       else if (depth < SEARCH_DEPTH) loop(depth + 1)
       else throw SearchDepthExceededError
     }
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ object ProjectRoot {
     loop(0)
   }
 
-  def find: File =
-    File(findRelativePath)
+  def find: Path =
+    Paths.get(findRelativePath)
 
 }

From dfde96a749760634fe78ad0d3b1ab32cbff57995 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Pollmeier <michael@michaelpollmeier.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:39:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fmt

---
 .../src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala       | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala b/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala
index 329d53c25..0d2d8f433 100644
--- a/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala
+++ b/codepropertygraph/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/utils/ProjectRoot.scala
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ object ProjectRoot {
   val FileNameToSearchForEnvVar = "FILE_IN_PROJECT_ROOT"
 
   object SearchDepthExceededError extends Error
-  
+
   private val SEARCH_DEPTH = 4
-  private lazy val filenameToSearchFor = 
+  private lazy val filenameToSearchFor =
     sys.env
       .get(FileNameToSearchForEnvVar)
       .getOrElse(".git")