Calling navigateToFile on directory makes rstudio crash

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by locating the implementation and any tests for navigateToFile and compare its behavior with filesPaneNavigate. Reproduce the call with a directory on Ubuntu if available, then verify that passing a directory no longer crashes the RStudio session and produces the intended handling.

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Description

I keep forgetting difference between filesPaneNavigate (which I want to use, i.e. move folder view to specified directory) and navigateToFile (which opens a file, and crashes the whole session if given a directory).

I can't be the only one, and Rstudio crashes with no way to rescue or no message if you feed a directory to navigateToFile (Ubuntu 22, rstudioapi 0.17.1)

If you want I can make a pull request for a simple dir check with abort ?

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