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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Find the best reverse path to reference the current directory from another
+# directory. We use this to find relative paths to and from the source and build
+# directories.
+#
+# If the directory is given as an absolute path, return an absolute path to the
+# current directory.
+#
+# If there's a symlink involved, and the same relative path would not work if
+# the symlink was replace with a regular directory, then return an absolute
+# path. This handles paths like out -> /mnt/ssd/out
+#
+# For symlinks that can use the same relative path (out -> out.1), just return
+# the relative path. That way out.1 can be renamed as long as the symlink is
+# updated.
+#
+# For everything else, just return the relative path. That allows the source and
+# output directories to be moved as long as they stay in the same position
+# relative to each other.
+def reverse_path(path):
+    if path.startswith("/"):
+        return os.path.abspath('.')
+
+    realpath = os.path.relpath(os.path.realpath('.'), os.path.realpath(path))
+    relpath = os.path.relpath('.', path)
+
+    if realpath != relpath:
+        return os.path.abspath('.')
+
+    return relpath
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(reverse_path(sys.argv[1]))