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includes/FilesystemHelper.hpp

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+#pragma once
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <string>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  #ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+    #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+  #endif
+  #include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
+// Safer portable conversion:
+std::string to_utf8(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+    // path.native() gives wchar_t, convert to UTF-8
+    std::wstring ws = path.native();
+    if (ws.empty()) return {};
+    int size_needed = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, ws.data(), int(ws.size()),
+                                        nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
+    std::string result(size_needed, 0);
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, ws.data(), int(ws.size()), result.data(), size_needed, nullptr, nullptr);
+    return result;
+    #else
+    return path.string(); // on POSIX this is already UTF-8-compatible
+    #endif
+}
+