From 0528549808e3f1cdfb5e4b42b2f11ff8db8cb46e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Jain <dominik.jain@oraios-ai.de>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 15:34:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] RegisteredProject.matches_root_path: Use more robust
 equivalence check using samepath

Fixes #991
---
 src/serena/config/serena_config.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/serena/config/serena_config.py b/src/serena/config/serena_config.py
index 0f108bac..622fbf8b 100644
--- a/src/serena/config/serena_config.py
+++ b/src/serena/config/serena_config.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class RegisteredProject(ToStringMixin):
         :param path: the path to check
         :return: True if the path matches the project root, False otherwise
         """
-        return self.project_root == Path(path).resolve()
+        return self.project_root.samefile(Path(path).resolve())
 
     def get_project_instance(self) -> "Project":
         """