local target_dir="${1:-}"

local dir_prefix="${2:-}"

if [[ -z "$target_dir" || -z "$dir_prefix" ]]; then

echo "Usage: normalize_path_with_symlinks <target_dir> <dir_prefix>"

return 1

fi

local old_path="$PATH"

local -a new_parts=()

local i=0

IFS=':' read -ra _parts <<<"$old_path"

for dir in "${_parts[@]}"; do

# Skip empty components that can arise from "::"

[[ -z $dir ]] && continue

# Skip directories that don't start with $dir_prefix

if [[ "$dir" != "$dir_prefix"* ]]; then

new_parts+=("$dir")

continue

fi

local link="$target_dir/$i"

# Replace any pre-existing file or link at $target_dir/$i

if [[ -e $link || -L $link ]]; then

rm -rf -- "$link"

fi

# without MSYS ln will deepcopy the directory on Windows

MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict ln -s -- "$dir" "$link"

new_parts+=("$link")

i=$((i + 1))

done

export PATH

PATH="$(