From f402760877d251401c9ca64509ab2998cf27fc08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nrstott <nrstott@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:27:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] adds isAbsolute test for view paths in viewEngine

---
 lib/view.js | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/view.js b/lib/view.js
index ca62441..ec09814 100644
--- a/lib/view.js
+++ b/lib/view.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ViewEngine.prototype.cacheView = function(view) {
 };
 
 ViewEngine.prototype.read = function(view) {
-  return readFile(this.viewPath(view), 'utf8');
+  return readFile(isAbsolute(view) ? view : this.viewPath(view), 'utf8');
 };
 
 ViewEngine.prototype.cache = function(view, str) {
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ var setting = exports.setting = function(key, val) {
   return settings[key];
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns whether a path is an absolute path.
+ */
+function isAbsolute(path) {
+  var windowsDriveRe = /^[a-zA-Z]:/;
+
+  return path[0] === '/' || windowsDriveRe.test(path);
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns a string representation of an object.
  * This method is used for sharing objects with the client.