> Consider the following code:

[00z20]

          > Consider the following code:

//go:embed /example/path
var data embed.FS

f, err := data.Open("example/path/file.txt")

Since fs.ValidPath, sadly Open will not be able to handle this / at the beginning, but it could be treated as module's root (in go:embed directive) and than removed from embed.FS.

• ref: proposal: embed: allow embeding files in a parent directory #58519
• ref: //go:embed <path to file in parent directory> doesn't work #46056
• ref: https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/master/design/draft-embed.md

Originally posted by @00z20 in #58525 (comment)