Update draft release notes to 1.8.2

[git.git] / setup.c

diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 1ccfafaa7a85875338a49953518207b74dca62c4..2e1521b09e5e6a0de585225293805b1d30a03cd4 100644 (file)
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
        const char *name;
        struct stat st;
 
-       name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
+       if (!prefixcmp(arg, ":/")) {
+               if (arg[2] == '\0') /* ":/" is root dir, always exists */
+                       return 1;
+               name = arg + 2;
+       } else if (prefix)
+               name = prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg);
+       else
+               name = arg;
        if (!lstat(name, &st))
                return 1; /* file exists */
        if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)