switch to posix, rather than str for performing search

Author: Javagedes

gitignore_parser.py

@@ -126,13 +126,14 @@ def __repr__(self):
     def match(self, abs_path: Union[str, Path]):
         matched = False
         if self.base_path:
-            rel_path = str(_normalize_path(abs_path).relative_to(self.base_path))
+            rel_path = _normalize_path(abs_path).relative_to(self.base_path).as_posix()
         else:
-            rel_path = str(_normalize_path(abs_path))
-        # Path() strips the trailing whitespace on windows, so we need to
-        # preserve it.
+            rel_path = _normalize_path(abs_path).as_posix()
+        # Path() strips the trailing following symbols on windows, so we need to
+        # preserve it: ' ', '.'
         if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
-            rel_path += ' ' * _count_trailing_whitespace(abs_path)
+            rel_path += ' ' * _count_trailing_symbol(' ', abs_path)
+            rel_path += '.' * _count_trailing_symbol('.', abs_path)
         # Path() strips the trailing slash, so we need to preserve it
         # in case of directory-only negation
         if self.negation and type(abs_path) == str and abs_path[-1] == '/':
@@ -225,11 +226,11 @@ def _normalize_path(path: Union[str, Path]) -> Path:
     return Path(abspath(path))
 
 
-def _count_trailing_whitespace(text: str) -> int:
-    """Count the number of trailing whitespace characters in a string."""
+def _count_trailing_symbol(symbol: str, text: str) -> int:
+    """Count the number of trailing characters in a string."""
     count = 0
     for char in reversed(str(text)):
-        if char.isspace():
+        if char == symbol:
             count += 1
         else:
             break

tests.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from gitignore_parser import parse_gitignore
 
-from unittest import TestCase, main
+from unittest import TestCase, main, SkipTest
 
 
 class Test(TestCase):
@@ -195,8 +195,12 @@ def test_symlink_to_another_directory(self):
             # Create a symlink to another directory.
             link = project_dir / 'link'
             target = another_dir / 'target'
-            link.symlink_to(target)
-
+            
+            try:
+                link.symlink_to(target)
+            except OSError:
+                e = "Current User does not have permissions to perform symlink/"
+                raise SkipTest(e)
             # Check the intended behavior according to
             # https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore#_notes:
             # Symbolic links are not followed and are matched as if they were regular