From f16137bde7fb4fee318d5add752859b67dc24c28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek Schuff <dschuff@chromium.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:13:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] try making to_path return a c str to make mingw happy

---
 src/support/path.cpp | 2 +-
 src/support/path.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/support/path.cpp b/src/support/path.cpp
index a09e146e236..885fecbe090 100644
--- a/src/support/path.cpp
+++ b/src/support/path.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ std::string wstring_to_string(const std::wstring& s) {
   return outstr;
 }
 #else
-PathString to_path(const std::string& s) { return s; }
+const PathString::value_type* to_path(const std::string& s) { return s.c_str(); }
 #endif
 
 char getPathSeparator() {
diff --git a/src/support/path.h b/src/support/path.h
index b0ca34a7cec..dc7d340b6ce 100644
--- a/src/support/path.h
+++ b/src/support/path.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ std::string wstring_to_string(const std::wstring& s);
 using PathString = std::string;
 #endif
 
-PathString to_path(const std::string& s);
+const PathString::value_type* to_path(const std::string& s);
 
 char getPathSeparator();
 std::string getDirName(const std::string& path);