cwd can be a file:// url

README.md

@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ share the previously loaded cache.
   anything. See also: "Windows, CWDs, Drive Letters, and UNC
   Paths", below.
 
+  This option may be eiher a string path or a `file://` URL
+  object or string.
+
 - `windowsPathsNoEscape` Use `\\` as a path separator _only_, and
   _never_ as an escape character. If set, all `\\` characters are
   replaced with `/` in the pattern.

changelog.md

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ changes.
   `mark:true`.)
 - Simplified `cwd` behavior so it is far less magical, and relies
   less on platform-specific absolute path representations.
+- `cwd` can be a File URL or a string path.
 - More efficient handling for absolute patterns. (That is,
   patterns that start with `/` on any platform, or start with a
   drive letter or UNC path on Windows.)

package.json

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
     "minimatch": "^7.2.0",
     "minipass": "^4.2.4",
-    "path-scurry": "^1.4.0"
+    "path-scurry": "^1.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/mkdirp": "^1.0.2",

src/glob.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   PathScurryPosix,
   PathScurryWin32,
 } from 'path-scurry'
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'url'
 import { Ignore } from './ignore.js'
 import { Pattern } from './pattern.js'
 import { GlobStream, GlobWalker } from './walker.js'
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ const defaultPlatform: NodeJS.Platform =
 export interface GlobOptions {
   absolute?: boolean
   allowWindowsEscape?: boolean
-  cwd?: string
+  cwd?: string | URL
   dot?: boolean
   follow?: boolean
   ignore?: string | string[] | Ignore
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ export class Glob<Opts extends GlobOptions> {
     this.dot = !!opts.dot
     this.nodir = !!opts.nodir
     this.mark = !!opts.mark
+    if (!opts.cwd) {
+      this.cwd = ''
+    } else if (opts.cwd instanceof URL || opts.cwd.startsWith('file://')) {
+      opts.cwd = fileURLToPath(opts.cwd)
+    }
     this.cwd = opts.cwd || ''
     this.nobrace = !!opts.nobrace
     this.noext = !!opts.noext

src/walker.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Processor } from './processor.js'
 export interface GlobWalkerOpts {
   absolute?: boolean
   allowWindowsEscape?: boolean
-  cwd?: string
+  cwd?: string | URL
   dot?: boolean
   follow?: boolean
   ignore?: string | string[] | Ignore