1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
index 9e8c37880589..b3fc7550adfa 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public class VfsUtilCore {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtilCore");
 
   public static final String LOCALHOST_URI_PATH_PREFIX = "localhost/";
+  public static final char VFS_SEPARATOR_CHAR = '/';
+
   private static final String PROTOCOL_DELIMITER = ":";
 
   /**
@@ -118,6 +120,11 @@ public class VfsUtilCore {
     return false;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  public static String getRelativePath(@NotNull VirtualFile file, @NotNull VirtualFile ancestor) {
+    return getRelativePath(file, ancestor, VFS_SEPARATOR_CHAR);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets the relative path of <code>file</code> to its <code>ancestor</code>. Uses <code>separator</code> for
    * separating files.
@@ -129,12 +136,10 @@ public class VfsUtilCore {
    */
   @Nullable
   public static String getRelativePath(@NotNull VirtualFile file, @NotNull VirtualFile ancestor, char separator) {
-    if (!file.getFileSystem().equals(ancestor.getFileSystem())) return null;
-
-    return doGetRelative(file, ancestor, separator);
-  }
+    if (!file.getFileSystem().equals(ancestor.getFileSystem())) {
+      return null;
+    }
 
-  public static String doGetRelative(VirtualFile file, VirtualFile ancestor, char separator) {
     int length = 0;
     VirtualFile parent = file;
     while (true) {