patch 8.2.3468: problem with :cd when editing file in non-existent directory
Problem: Problem with :cd when editing file in non-existent directory. (Yee
Cheng Chin)
Solution: Prepend the current directory to get the full path. (closes #8903)
diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
index a3e5430..d192b6b 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -2647,7 +2647,15 @@
{
vim_strncpy(buf, fname, p - fname);
if (mch_chdir((char *)buf))
- retval = FAIL;
+ {
+ // Path does not exist (yet). For a full path fail,
+ // will use the path as-is. For a relative path use
+ // the current directory and append the file name.
+ if (mch_isFullName(fname))
+ retval = FAIL;
+ else
+ p = NULL;
+ }
else if (*p == '/')
fname = p + 1;
else