Added file_exists_in_mounts method to look for projects on connected network mounts

lib/utilities/misc_helper.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import os
 import subprocess
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
@@ -12,4 +13,45 @@ def launch_url(url):
     elif subprocess.run(['which', 'start'], capture_output=True).returncode == 0:
         subprocess.run(['start', url])  # windows - need to validate this works
     else:
-        logger.error(f"No valid launchers found to launch url: {url}")
+        logger.error(f"No valid launchers found to launch url: {url}")
+
+
+def file_exists_in_mounts(filepath):
+    """
+    Check if a file exists in any mounted directory.
+    It searches for the file in common mount points like '/Volumes', '/mnt', and '/media'.
+    Returns the path to the file in the mount if found, otherwise returns None.
+
+    Example:
+    Before: filepath = '/path/to/file.txt'
+    After: '/Volumes/ExternalDrive/path/to/file.txt'
+    """
+
+    def get_path_components(path):
+        path = os.path.normpath(path)
+        components = []
+        while True:
+            path, component = os.path.split(path)
+            if component:
+                components.append(component)
+            else:
+                if path:
+                    components.append(path)
+                break
+        components.reverse()
+        return components
+
+    # Get path components of the directory of the file
+    path_components = get_path_components(os.path.dirname(filepath).strip('/'))
+
+    # Iterate over possible root paths - this may need to be rethought for Windows support
+    for root in ['/Volumes', '/mnt', '/media']:
+        if os.path.exists(root):
+            # Iterate over mounts in the root path
+            for mount in os.listdir(root):
+                # Since we don't know the home directory, we iterate until we find matching parts of the path
+                matching_components = [s for s in path_components if s in mount]
+                for component in matching_components:
+                    possible_mount_path = os.path.join(root, mount, filepath.split(component)[-1].lstrip('/'))
+                    if os.path.exists(possible_mount_path):
+                        return possible_mount_path