Turns a list of consistently delimited strings into something treeish

delimitedListOfStringsToTree.coffee

listOfDelimitedStringsToTree = (lines, delimiter) ->
  stringTreeToObjectTree = (root) ->
    childNodes = []
    for name, value of root
      # path is just metadata for this whole process
      # so we skip it
      if name isnt "path"
        node =
          name: name
          children: stringTreeToObjectTree(value)
        if root.path
          node.path = root.path + delimiter + name
        else
          node.path
        childNodes.push node
    childNodes
 
  tree = {}
  for line in lines
    tokens = line.split(delimiter)
    workingTree = tree
    curPath = ""
    for token in tokens
      curPath += delimiter if curPath
      curPath += token
      workingTree[token] = workingTree[token] || {path: curPath}
      workingTree = workingTree[token]
  ret =
    name: "root"
    children: stringTreeToObjectTree(tree)