this SHOULD fix it

common/fs/fs_util.h

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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <concepts>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <span>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "common/common_types.h"
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+template <typename T>
+concept IsChar = std::same_as<T, char>;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a UTF-8 encoded std::string or std::string_view to a std::u8string.
+ *
+ * @param utf8_string UTF-8 encoded string
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::u8string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::u8string ToU8String(std::string_view utf8_string);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a buffer of bytes to a UTF8-encoded std::u8string.
+ * This converts from the start of the buffer until the first encountered null-terminator.
+ * If no null-terminator is found, this converts the entire buffer instead.
+ *
+ * @param buffer Buffer of bytes
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::u8string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::u8string BufferToU8String(std::span<const u8> buffer);
+
+/**
+ * Same as BufferToU8String, but returns a string view of the buffer.
+ *
+ * @param buffer Buffer of bytes
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::u8string_view.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::u8string_view BufferToU8StringView(std::span<const u8> buffer);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a std::u8string or std::u8string_view to a UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ *
+ * @param u8_string UTF-8 encoded u8string
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::string ToUTF8String(std::u8string_view u8_string);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a buffer of bytes to a UTF8-encoded std::string.
+ * This converts from the start of the buffer until the first encountered null-terminator.
+ * If no null-terminator is found, this converts the entire buffer instead.
+ *
+ * @param buffer Buffer of bytes
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::string BufferToUTF8String(std::span<const u8> buffer);
+
+/**
+ * Same as BufferToUTF8String, but returns a string view of the buffer.
+ *
+ * @param buffer Buffer of bytes
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::string_view.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::string_view BufferToUTF8StringView(std::span<const u8> buffer);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a filesystem path to a UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::string PathToUTF8String(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+} // namespace Common::FS