From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx>
On Windows, an absolute POSIX path needs to be turned into a Windows
one.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx>
---
path.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 34f0f98349..a72abf0e1f 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include "path.h"
#include "packfile.h"
#include "object-store.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
static int get_st_mode_bits(const char *path, int *mode)
{
@@ -709,6 +710,10 @@ char *expand_user_path(const char *path, int real_home)
if (path == NULL)
goto return_null;
+#ifdef __MINGW32__
+ if (path[0] == '/')
+ return system_path(path + 1);
+#endif
if (path[0] == '~') {
const char *first_slash = strchrnul(path, '/');
const char *username = path + 1;
--
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