Issue #10395: Added os.path.commonpath(). Implemented in posixpath and ntpath.

Based on patch by Rafik Draoui.

Doc/library/os.path.rst

@@ -66,11 +66,24 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
    empty string (``''``).
 
 
+.. function:: commonpath(paths)
+
+   Return the longest common sub-path of each pathname in the sequence
+   *paths*.  Raise ValueError if *paths* contains both absolute and relative
+   pathnames, or if *paths* is empty.  Unlike :func:`commonprefix`, this
+   returns a valid path.
+
+   Availability: Unix, Windows
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
 .. function:: commonprefix(list)
 
-   Return the longest path prefix (taken character-by-character) that is a prefix
-   of all paths in  *list*.  If *list* is empty, return the empty string (``''``).
-   Note that this may return invalid paths because it works a character at a time.
+   Return the longest path prefix (taken character-by-character) that is a
+   prefix of all paths in  *list*.  If *list* is empty, return the empty string
+   (``''``).  Note that this may return invalid paths because it works a
+   character at a time.  To obtain a valid path, see :func:`commonpath`.
 
 
 .. function:: dirname(path)

Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst

@@ -370,6 +370,13 @@ os
 * :class:`os.stat_result` now has a :attr:`~os.stat_result.st_file_attributes`
   attribute on Windows.  (Contributed by Ben Hoyt in :issue:`21719`.)
 
+os.path
+-------
+
+* New :func:`~os.path.commonpath` function that extracts common path prefix.
+  Unlike the :func:`~os.path.commonprefix` function, it always returns a valid
+  patch.  (Contributed by Rafik Draoui and Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`10395`.)
+
 pickle
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