From b19202b3d436006ce779e50606c966be6917fb13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Karkat <swdev@ingo-karkat.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 15:55:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Correctly handle Windows paths that do not start with a
 drive letter

On Windows, an absolute path should start with a drive letter, or UNC notation.
xolox#misc#path#split() doesn't consider drive-local filespecs (e.g. \Windows\system32); it needs a check for a leading path separator like the Unix branch.
xolox#misc#path#absolute() doesn't convert a drive-local filespec into a full absolute one (e.g. C:\Windows\system32); it needs a check for those and prepend the current drive letter then.
---
 autoload/xolox/misc/path.vim | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/autoload/xolox/misc/path.vim b/autoload/xolox/misc/path.vim
index d04ca61..62fbda3 100644
--- a/autoload/xolox/misc/path.vim
+++ b/autoload/xolox/misc/path.vim
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ function! xolox#misc#path#split(path) " {{{1
         " UNC pathname.
         return split(a:path, '\%>2c[\/]\+')
       else
+        let absolute = (a:path =~ '^[\/]')
         " If it's not a UNC path we can simply split on slashes & backslashes.
-        return split(a:path, '[\/]\+')
+        let segments = split(a:path, '[\/]\+')
+        return absolute ? insert(segments, a:path[0]) : segments
       endif
     else
       " Everything else is treated as UNIX.
@@ -135,6 +137,8 @@ function! xolox#misc#path#absolute(path) " {{{1
       " Also normalize the two leading "directory separators" (I'm not
       " sure what else to call them :-) in Windows UNC pathnames.
       let parts[0] = repeat(xolox#misc#path#directory_separator(), 2) . parts[0][2:]
+    elseif s:windows_compatible && parts[0] =~ '^[\/]$'
+      let parts[0] = matchstr(getcwd(), '^\a:')
     endif
     return xolox#misc#path#join(parts)
   endif