From 7c8c009a93d38060ee496ab400ebf27e1adf3d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theo Vanderkooy <theo.vanderkooy@snowflake.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:56:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] accept stage paths starting with / for GET

---
 src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py | 2 ++
 tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py         | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
index ea7c5e346c9..9efec324196 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@
 
 STAGE_PREFIX = "@"
 SNOWURL_PREFIX = "snow://"
+RELATIVE_PATH_PREFIX = "/"
 SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES = [
     STAGE_PREFIX,
     SNOWURL_PREFIX,
+    RELATIVE_PATH_PREFIX,
 ]
 
 # Scala uses 3 but this can be larger. Consider allowing users to configure it.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
index 5be4f633dd3..4c830ae1384 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_internal_utils.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ def test_split_path(path: str, expected_dir: str, expected_file: str) -> None:
             False,
             "'snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version/file.txt'",
         ),
+        ("/some/file.yml", False, "'/some/file.yml'"),
+        ("'/some/file.yml'", False, "'/some/file.yml'"),
     ],
 )
 def test_normalize_path(path: str, is_local: bool, expected: str) -> None:

From 96de4a19ccce3e322a20d2a9c0d19c132a1d8df3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theo Vanderkooy <theo.vanderkooy@snowflake.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:55:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Keep existing behaviour for
 `session.read.<file_format>(<path>)`, that paths starting with `/` are an
 error.

---
 src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
index 9efec324196..081f15938da 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/utils.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES = [
     STAGE_PREFIX,
     SNOWURL_PREFIX,
+]
+SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES_FOR_GET = SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES + [
     RELATIVE_PATH_PREFIX,
 ]
 
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ def normalize_path(path: str, is_local: bool) -> str:
     a directory named "load data". Therefore, if `path` is already wrapped by single quotes,
     we do nothing.
     """
-    prefixes = ["file://"] if is_local else SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES
+    prefixes = ["file://"] if is_local else SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES_FOR_GET
     if is_single_quoted(path):
         return path
     if is_local and OPERATING_SYSTEM == "Windows":
@@ -410,7 +412,7 @@ def split_path(path: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
 
 def unwrap_stage_location_single_quote(name: str) -> str:
     new_name = unwrap_single_quote(name)
-    if any(new_name.startswith(prefix) for prefix in SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES):
+    if any(new_name.startswith(prefix) for prefix in SNOWFLAKE_PATH_PREFIXES_FOR_GET):
         return new_name
     return f"{STAGE_PREFIX}{new_name}"
 

From fa61064a0601180162a5807bef6958292fc855fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theo Vanderkooy <theo.vanderkooy@snowflake.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:27:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add changelog entry

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7caba13dd65..32390bfc296 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 - Added support for creating a temporary view via `DataFrame.create_or_replace_temp_view` from a DataFrame created by reading a file from a stage.
 - Added support for `value_contains_null` parameter to MapType.
 - Added `interactive` to telemetry that indicates whether the current environment is an interactive one.
+- Allow `session.file.get` in a Native App to read file paths starting with `/` from the current version 
 
 #### Bug Fixes