oxc-project/oxc · error · OxcDiagnostic

Do not construct dirname.

Error message

Do not construct dirname.

What it means

Diagnostic from the unicorn/prefer-import-meta-properties lint rule. It fires when code manually derives a directory path from `import.meta.url` (typically via `fileURLToPath()` plus `dirname()` from `node:path`) instead of using the built-in `import.meta.dirname` property available in modern Node.js. The flagged input is the expression computing the directory of the current module. It is a lint suggestion, not a runtime error.

Source

Thrown at crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/prefer_import_meta_properties.rs:48

impl ProblemKind {
    fn message(self) -> &'static str {
        match self {
            Self::Dirname => "Do not construct dirname.",
            Self::Filename => "Do not construct filename using `fileURLToPath()`.",
        }
    }

    fn property(self) -> &'static str {
        match self {
            Self::Dirname => "dirname",
            Self::Filename => "filename",
        }
    }
}

fn prefer_import_meta_diagnostic(span: Span, kind: ProblemKind) -> OxcDiagnostic {
    OxcDiagnostic::warn(kind.message())
        .with_help(format!("Replace this expression with `import.meta.{}`.", kind.property()))
        .with_label(span)
}

fn report_problem(ctx: &LintContext<'_>, span: Span, kind: ProblemKind) {
    ctx.diagnostic_with_fix(prefer_import_meta_diagnostic(span, kind), |fixer| {
        fixer.replace(span, format!("import.meta.{}", kind.property()))
    });
}

#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
pub struct PreferImportMetaProperties;

declare_oxc_lint!(
    /// ### What it does
    ///
    /// Prefer `import.meta.{dirname,filename}` over legacy
    /// techniques for getting file paths.

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Solutions

1. Replace the `dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))` expression with `import.meta.dirname`
2. Drop the now-unused `node:path` and `node:url` imports
3. Apply the rule's auto-fix

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/unicorn/prefer_import_meta_properties.rs:48 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of oxc-project/oxc@e1e7af627c (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ed1a15267dc7a399. Report an issue: GitHub.