This function ensures that path is resolved absolutely, and that the URL control characters are correctly encoded when converting into a File URL.
import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
new URL('/foo#1', 'file:'); // Incorrect: file:///foo#1
pathToFileURL('/foo#1'); // Correct: file:///foo%231 (POSIX)
new URL('/some/path%.c', 'file:'); // Incorrect: file:///some/path%.c
pathToFileURL('/some/path%.c'); // Correct: file:///some/path%25.c (POSIX)