Fix strip_root not removing root directory from Resource paths

Signed-off-by: Kaushik <kaushikrjpm10@gmail.com>

Author: Kaushik-Kumar-CEG

src/scancode/cli.py

@@ -1070,6 +1070,16 @@ def echo_func(*_args, **_kwargs):
             results = get_results(codebase, as_list=True, **requested_options)
         elif return_codebase:
             results = codebase
+            # Strip root from paths when strip_root is enabled.
+            # See https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit/issues/2985
+            if strip_root and not codebase.has_single_resource:
+                from commoncode.resource import strip_first_path_segment
+                new_resources_by_path = {}
+                for old_path, resource in list(codebase.resources_by_path.items()):
+                    stripped_path = strip_first_path_segment(old_path)
+                    resource.path = stripped_path
+                    new_resources_by_path[stripped_path] = resource
+                codebase.resources_by_path = new_resources_by_path
 
     finally:
         # remove temporary files