From 7f1dc78f542b95883d66dbd025c13f67cc267668 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Bailey <5341706+jakebailey@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:20:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify normalizeSlashes (#50154)

---
 src/compiler/path.ts | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/path.ts b/src/compiler/path.ts
index ebc837feb33..86bafd8f785 100644
--- a/src/compiler/path.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/path.ts
@@ -452,12 +452,9 @@ namespace ts {
      * Normalize path separators, converting `\` into `/`.
      */
     export function normalizeSlashes(path: string): string {
-        const index = path.indexOf("\\");
-        if (index === -1) {
-            return path;
-        }
-        backslashRegExp.lastIndex = index; // prime regex with known position
-        return path.replace(backslashRegExp, directorySeparator);
+        return path.indexOf("\\") !== -1
+            ? path.replace(backslashRegExp, directorySeparator)
+            : path;
     }
 
     /**