executable.ts

// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License.

import * as path from 'path';
import { getOSType, OSType } from '../../../common/utils/platform';
import { getEmptyVersion, parseVersion } from './pythonVersion';

import { PythonVersion } from '.';
import { normCasePath } from '../../common/externalDependencies';

/**
 * Determine a best-effort Python version based on the given filename.
 */
export function parseVersionFromExecutable(filename: string): PythonVersion {
    const version = parseBasename(path.basename(filename));

    if (version.major === 2 && version.minor === -1) {
        version.minor = 7;
    }

    return version;
}

function parseBasename(basename: string): PythonVersion {
    basename = normCasePath(basename);
    if (getOSType() === OSType.Windows) {
        if (basename === 'python.exe') {
            // On Windows we can't assume it is 2.7.
            return getEmptyVersion();
        }
    } else if (basename === 'python') {
        // We can assume it is 2.7.  (See PEP 394.)
        return parseVersion('2.7');
    }
    if (!basename.startsWith('python')) {
        throw Error(`not a Python executable (expected "python..", got "${basename}")`);
    }
    // If we reach here then we expect it to have a version in the name.
    return parseVersion(basename);
}