diff --git a/includes/Support/Path.php b/includes/Support/Path.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa8c04ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/Support/Path.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Support;
+
+use EmptyIterator;
+use Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * Currently there is no notion of "relative" or "absolute"
+ * path as of {@see Path} object, because there is no functionality
+ * of joining paths together. Method {@see Path::toString}
+ * currently returns paths as absolute paths, but {@see Path}
+ * itself can be thought of as both absolute and relative.
+ * The distinction will have to be made when there are methods
+ * in this class that allow joining paths - those methods
+ * will have to decide whether to treat other {@see Path} as
+ * relative or absolute.
+ */
+class Path
+{
+    /** @var string[] */
+    private array $children;
+
+    public function __construct(array $path)
+    {
+        $this->children = $path;
+    }
+
+    public static function of(string $path): Path
+    {
+        return new Path(\preg_split("#[\\\\/]#", $path));
+    }
+
+    public function append(string $child): Path
+    {
+        return new Path([...$this->children, $child]);
+    }
+
+    public function toString(): string
+    {
+        return \join(\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, \iterator_to_array($this->children()));
+    }
+
+    private function children(): Iterator
+    {
+        if (empty($this->children)) {
+            return new EmptyIterator();
+        }
+        return $this->normalizedChildren();
+    }
+
+    private function normalizedChildren(): Iterator
+    {
+        [$root, $children] = $this->rootAndChildren();
+        yield \rTrim($root, "/\\");
+        foreach ($children as $child) {
+            if ($child === "") {
+                continue;
+            }
+            yield \trim($child, "/\\");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function rootAndChildren(): array
+    {
+        $root = \reset($this->children);
+        return [$root, \array_slice($this->children, 1)];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Psr4/Concerns/PhpunitConcern.php b/tests/Psr4/Concerns/PhpunitConcern.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19daabe17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Psr4/Concerns/PhpunitConcern.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+namespace Tests\Psr4\Concerns;
+
+use Exception;
+
+/**
+ * @method expectException(string $message)
+ */
+trait PhpunitConcern
+{
+    /**
+     * This test really is marked as unnecessary. If the condition is not met,
+     * marking it as unnecessary is preferable to marking it as risky, incomplete
+     * or skipped.
+     *
+     * This test simply doesn't make sense, if the condition is not met.
+     */
+    public function markTestUnnecessary(string $message): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(Exception::class);
+        throw new Exception($message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Psr4/PhpUnitPolyfill.php b/tests/Psr4/PhpUnitPolyfill.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e0d9f844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Psr4/PhpUnitPolyfill.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+namespace Tests\Psr4;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Assert;
+
+trait PhpUnitPolyfill
+{
+    public static function assertStringContainsString(
+        string $needle,
+        string $haystack,
+        string $message = ""
+    ): void {
+        $message = $message ?? "Failed to assert that starting contains substring";
+        Assert::assertTrue(\str_contains($haystack, $needle), $message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Support/BasePathTest.php b/tests/Unit/Support/BasePathTest.php
index f7d7d6d16..2f586031d 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Support/BasePathTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Support/BasePathTest.php
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 use App\Support\BasePath;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Tests\Psr4\Concerns\SystemConcern;
+use Tests\Psr4\PhpUnitPolyfill;
 
 class BasePathTest extends TestCase
 {
-    use SystemConcern;
+    use SystemConcern, PhpUnitPolyfill;
 
     private BasePath $path;
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Support/PathTest.php b/tests/Unit/Support/PathTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a12e160ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Support/PathTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+<?php
+namespace Support;
+
+use App\Support\Path;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Tests\Psr4\Concerns\PhpunitConcern;
+use Tests\Psr4\Concerns\SystemConcern;
+
+class PathTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use SystemConcern, PhpunitConcern;
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function shouldGetEmptyPath()
+    {
+        // given
+        $path = new Path([]);
+        // when
+        $asString = $path->toString();
+        // then
+        $this->assertSame("", $asString);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function shouldIgnoreEmptyChildren()
+    {
+        // given
+        $path = new Path(["string", "", "", "string"]);
+        // when
+        $asString = $path->toString();
+        // then
+        $this->assertSameWindows("string\string", $asString);
+        $this->assertSameUnix("string/string", $asString);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider fileNames
+     */
+    public function shouldGetSingleFile(string $filename)
+    {
+        // given
+        $path = new Path([$filename]);
+        // when
+        $asString = $path->toString();
+        // then
+        $this->assertSame("file.txt", $asString);
+    }
+
+    public function fileNames(): array
+    {
+        return [["file.txt"], ["file.txt/"], ["file.txt\\"]];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider pathPieces
+     */
+    public function shouldGetManyFiles(array $pathPieces)
+    {
+        // given
+        $path = new Path($pathPieces);
+        // when
+        $asString = $path->toString();
+        // then
+        $this->assertSameWindows('first\second\third\file.txt', $asString);
+        $this->assertSameUnix("first/second/third/file.txt", $asString);
+    }
+
+    public function pathPieces(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [["first", "second", "third", "file.txt"]],
+
+            [["first", "/second", "/third", "/file.txt"]],
+            [["first", "\second", '\third', '\file.txt']],
+
+            [["first/", "second/", "third/", "file.txt"]],
+            [["first\\", "second\\", "third\\", "file.txt"]],
+
+            [["first/", "/second/", "/third/", "/file.txt"]],
+            [["first\\", "\\second\\", '\\third\\', '\\file.txt']],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider paths
+     */
+    public function shouldRepresentPath(string $stringPath)
+    {
+        // given
+        $path = Path::of($stringPath);
+        // when
+        $asString = $path->toString();
+        // then
+        $this->assertSameWindows('one\two\three\file.txt', $asString);
+        $this->assertSameUnix("one/two/three/file.txt", $asString);
+    }
+
+    public function paths(): array
+    {
+        return [['one\two\three\file.txt'], ["one/two/three/file.txt"]];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider children
+     */
+    public function shouldAppendPath(Path $path, string $appendant)
+    {
+        // when
+        $childPath = $path->append($appendant);
+        // then
+        $this->assertSameWindows('uno\dos\tres', $childPath->toString());
+        $this->assertSameUnix("uno/dos/tres", $childPath->toString());
+    }
+
+    public function children(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [Path::of("uno/dos"), "tres"],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos"), '\tres'],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos"), "/tres"],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos"), "tres/"],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos"), "tres\\"],
+
+            [Path::of("uno/dos/"), "tres"],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos/"), '\tres'],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos/"), "/tres"],
+
+            [Path::of("uno/dos\\"), "tres"],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos\\"), '\tres'],
+            [Path::of("uno/dos\\"), "/tres"],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function shouldAcceptPathWithDriveOnWindows()
+    {
+        if ($this->isUnix()) {
+            $this->markTestUnnecessary("There are no drives on Unix");
+        }
+        // given
+        $path = Path::of("C:\directory");
+        // when
+        $child = $path->append("file.txt");
+        // then
+        $this->assertSame('C:\directory\file.txt', $child->toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function shouldRemainAbsolutePathOnUnix()
+    {
+        if (!$this->isUnix()) {
+            $this->markTestUnnecessary("There are no leading separators on Windows");
+        }
+        // given
+        $path = Path::of("/usr/bin");
+        // when
+        $child = $path->append("local");
+        // then
+        $this->assertSame("/usr/bin/local", $child->toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function shouldBeImmutable()
+    {
+        // given
+        $path = Path::of("one/two/three");
+        // when
+        $this->assertSame($path->toString(), $path->toString());
+    }
+}