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+module Gitlab
+  ## 
+  # Class that represents a path to a file or directory
+  #
+  # This is IO-operations safe class, that does similar job to 
+  # Ruby's Pathname but without the risk of accessing filesystem.
+  #
+  #
+  class StringPath
+    def initialize(path, universe)
+      @path = path
+      @universe = universe
+    end
+
+    def absolute?
+      @path.start_with?('/')
+    end
+
+    def relative?
+      !absolute?
+    end
+
+    def directory?
+      @path.end_with?('/')
+    end
+
+    def file?
+      !directory?
+    end
+
+    def to_s
+      @path
+    end
+  end
+end