now has better structure

ts/smartpath.transform.ts

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+/// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
+import plugins = require("./smartpath.plugins");
+
+/* ------------------------------------------ *
+ * ------------ helpers --------------------- *
+ * ------------------------------------------ */
+let makeAbsolute = function(localPathArg:string, baseArg?:string):string {
+    let absolutePath:string;
+    if(baseArg){
+        absolutePath = plugins.path.join(baseArg,localPathArg);
+    } else {
+         absolutePath = plugins.path.resolve(localPathArg);
+    }
+    return absolutePath;
+};
+
+/* ------------------------------------------ *
+ * ------- export functions ----------------- *
+ * ------------------------------------------ */
+export let toAbsolute = function(relativeArg:any, baseArg?:string):any {
+    if(typeof relativeArg === "string"){
+        return makeAbsolute(relativeArg,baseArg);
+    } else if(Array.isArray(relativeArg)){
+        let relativeArray = relativeArg
+        let absoluteArray:string[] = [];
+        for (let key in relativeArray){
+            absoluteArray.push(makeAbsolute(relativeArray[key],baseArg));
+        };
+        return absoluteArray;
+    } else {
+        plugins.beautylog.error("smartpath.absolute() could not make sense of the input. " +
+            "Input is neither String nor Array");
+        return false;
+    }
+};