X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/4558457402a4ab6bc795589a2e400fa66144f76e..3d27dac8098957024b8e4c6ee815536fe81e8d18:/ikiwiki-makerepo?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/ikiwiki-makerepo b/ikiwiki-makerepo
index 310535030..7f82e7177 100755
--- a/ikiwiki-makerepo
+++ b/ikiwiki-makerepo
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if [ "$rcs" != mercurial ] && [ "$rcs" != bzr ]; then
 		echo "repository $repository already exists, aborting" >&2 
 		exit 1
 	fi
-	repository="$(perl -e 'use Cwd q{abs_path}; $r=shift; $r=~s/\/*$//; print abs_path($r)' "$repository")"
+	repository="$(perl -e 'use Cwd; $r=shift; $r=getcwd.q{/}.$r if $r!~m!^/!; print $r' "$repository")"
 	if [ -z "$repository" ]; then
 		echo "internal error finding repository abs_path" >&2
 		exit 1