directory: Restructure and document is_local_or_fuse()

Avoid calling g_file_get_path() if we have enough information.

Clarify the purpose of this function.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/nautilus-directory.c b/src/nautilus-directory.c
index de7cb4ead..89d3756b4 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-directory.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-directory.c
@@ -761,6 +761,19 @@ nautilus_directory_new (GFile *location)
     return handling_instance;
 }
 
+/**
+ * nautilus_directory_is_local_or_fuse:
+ *
+ * @directory: a #NautilusDirectory
+ *
+ * Checks whether this directory contains files with local paths. Usually, this
+ * means the local path can be obtained by calling g_file_get_path(). As an
+ * exception, the local URI for files in recent:// can only be obtained from the
+ * G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_TARGET_URI attribute.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if a local path is known to be obtainable for all files in
+ *          this directory. Otherwise, %FALSE.
+ */
 gboolean
 nautilus_directory_is_local (NautilusDirectory *directory)
 {
@@ -777,19 +790,28 @@ nautilus_directory_is_local (NautilusDirectory *directory)
 gboolean
 nautilus_directory_is_local_or_fuse (NautilusDirectory *directory)
 {
-    g_autofree char *path = NULL;
-
     g_return_val_if_fail (NAUTILUS_IS_DIRECTORY (directory), FALSE);
     g_return_val_if_fail (directory->details->location, FALSE);
 
-    /* If the glib reports a path, then it can use FUSE to convert the uri
-     * to a local path
-     */
-    path = g_file_get_path (directory->details->location);
 
-    return nautilus_directory_is_in_recent (directory) ||
-           g_file_is_native (directory->details->location) ||
-           path != NULL;
+    if (nautilus_directory_is_in_recent (directory)
+        || g_file_is_native (directory->details->location))
+    {
+        /* Native files have a local path by definition. The files in recent:/
+         * have a local URI stored in the standard::target-uri attribute. */
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        g_autofree char *path = NULL;
+
+        /* Non-native files may have local paths in FUSE mounts. The only way to
+         * know if that's the case is to test if GIO reports a path.
+         */
+        path = g_file_get_path (directory->details->location);
+
+        return (path != NULL);
+    }
 }
 
 gboolean