function normalize()

in demo/kitchen-sink/require.js [268:361]


        function normalize(name, baseName, applyMap) {
            var pkgMain, mapValue, nameParts, i, j, nameSegment, lastIndex,
                foundMap, foundI, foundStarMap, starI,
                baseParts = baseName && baseName.split('/'),
                normalizedBaseParts = baseParts,
                map = config.map,
                starMap = map && map['*'];

            //Adjust any relative paths.
            if (name && name.charAt(0) === '.') {
                //If have a base name, try to normalize against it,
                //otherwise, assume it is a top-level require that will
                //be relative to baseUrl in the end.
                if (baseName) {
                    //Convert baseName to array, and lop off the last part,
                    //so that . matches that 'directory' and not name of the baseName's
                    //module. For instance, baseName of 'one/two/three', maps to
                    //'one/two/three.js', but we want the directory, 'one/two' for
                    //this normalization.
                    normalizedBaseParts = baseParts.slice(0, baseParts.length - 1);
                    name = name.split('/');
                    lastIndex = name.length - 1;

                    // If wanting node ID compatibility, strip .js from end
                    // of IDs. Have to do this here, and not in nameToUrl
                    // because node allows either .js or non .js to map
                    // to same file.
                    if (config.nodeIdCompat && jsSuffixRegExp.test(name[lastIndex])) {
                        name[lastIndex] = name[lastIndex].replace(jsSuffixRegExp, '');
                    }

                    name = normalizedBaseParts.concat(name);
                    trimDots(name);
                    name = name.join('/');
                } else if (name.indexOf('./') === 0) {
                    // No baseName, so this is ID is resolved relative
                    // to baseUrl, pull off the leading dot.
                    name = name.substring(2);
                }
            }

            //Apply map config if available.
            if (applyMap && map && (baseParts || starMap)) {
                nameParts = name.split('/');

                outerLoop: for (i = nameParts.length; i > 0; i -= 1) {
                    nameSegment = nameParts.slice(0, i).join('/');

                    if (baseParts) {
                        //Find the longest baseName segment match in the config.
                        //So, do joins on the biggest to smallest lengths of baseParts.
                        for (j = baseParts.length; j > 0; j -= 1) {
                            mapValue = getOwn(map, baseParts.slice(0, j).join('/'));

                            //baseName segment has config, find if it has one for
                            //this name.
                            if (mapValue) {
                                mapValue = getOwn(mapValue, nameSegment);
                                if (mapValue) {
                                    //Match, update name to the new value.
                                    foundMap = mapValue;
                                    foundI = i;
                                    break outerLoop;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    //Check for a star map match, but just hold on to it,
                    //if there is a shorter segment match later in a matching
                    //config, then favor over this star map.
                    if (!foundStarMap && starMap && getOwn(starMap, nameSegment)) {
                        foundStarMap = getOwn(starMap, nameSegment);
                        starI = i;
                    }
                }

                if (!foundMap && foundStarMap) {
                    foundMap = foundStarMap;
                    foundI = starI;
                }

                if (foundMap) {
                    nameParts.splice(0, foundI, foundMap);
                    name = nameParts.join('/');
                }
            }

            // If the name points to a package's name, use
            // the package main instead.
            pkgMain = getOwn(config.pkgs, name);

            return pkgMain ? pkgMain : name;
        }