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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Proposal: Resolve-Path with -Relative parameter should allow the use of a reference path","articleBody":"# Summary of the new feature/enhancement\r\n\r\nAs a PowerShell developer, I want to be able to obtain the path of an item relative to a path that is not my current directory so that I can avoid changing my current location context for a relative directory lookup. \r\n\r\n# Proposed technical implementation details\r\n\r\nAssuming I have a directory like this:\r\n\r\n```none\r\n/MyProject\r\n    |-/dir\r\n        |-test_1.txt\r\n        |-test_2.txt\r\n        |-/subdir\r\n            |-test_3.txt\r\n```\r\n\r\nCurrently, if I want to do a resolve a path relative to a *different* directory, I have to use set-location before calling `Resolve-Path`. For example, if I wanted to get all my `.txt` file locations *relative to `dir`*, I would have to do something like this:\r\n\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n/MyProject\u003e cd dir\r\n/MyProject/dir\u003e Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include \"*.txt\" | Resolve-Path -Relative\r\n./subdir/test_3.txt\r\n./test_1.txt\r\n./test_2.txt\r\n/MyProject/dir\u003e cd ..\r\n```\r\n\r\nIdeally, I would like to do something like this:\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n/MyProject\u003e Get-ChildItem .\\dir -Recurse -Include \"*.txt\" | Resolve-Path -Relative -ReferencePath .\\dir\r\n./subdir/test_3.txt\r\n./test_1.txt\r\n./test_2.txt\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/terrabitz","@type":"Person","name":"terrabitz"},"datePublished":"2018-12-10T02:21:49.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/8435/PowerShell/issues/8435"}