From b77afc0ec007de65825020a70f91ae942eaba2d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jiho <jiho30125@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 18:13:31 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] path: refactor path joining logic for clarity and
 performance

---
 lib/path.js | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index be6fd8b24ac8bf..18e0b67ac2090a 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -506,21 +506,20 @@ const win32 = {
     if (args.length === 0)
       return '.';
 
-    let joined;
-    let firstPart;
+    const path = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) {
       const arg = args[i];
       validateString(arg, 'path');
       if (arg.length > 0) {
-        if (joined === undefined)
-          joined = firstPart = arg;
-        else
-          joined += `\\${arg}`;
+        path.push(arg);
       }
     }
 
-    if (joined === undefined)
+    if (path.length === 0)
       return '.';
+    
+    const firstPart = path[0];
+    let joined = ArrayPrototypeJoin(path, '\\');
 
     // Make sure that the joined path doesn't start with two slashes, because
     // normalize() will mistake it for a UNC path then.

From f1f2e0552af7058093afd35ac59243543514e6a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jiho <jiho30125@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 18:38:30 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor: use ArrayPrototypePush for path array
 manipulation

---
 lib/path.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index 18e0b67ac2090a..63b037cddfb986 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 const {
   ArrayPrototypeIncludes,
   ArrayPrototypeJoin,
+  ArrayPrototypePush,
   ArrayPrototypeSlice,
   FunctionPrototypeBind,
   StringPrototypeCharCodeAt,
@@ -511,13 +512,13 @@ const win32 = {
       const arg = args[i];
       validateString(arg, 'path');
       if (arg.length > 0) {
-        path.push(arg);
+        ArrayPrototypePush(path, arg);
       }
     }
 
     if (path.length === 0)
       return '.';
-    
+
     const firstPart = path[0];
     let joined = ArrayPrototypeJoin(path, '\\');