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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Adding files to repository that is located directly in the root","articleBody":"This is a weird scenario, but if you init git repo in the root directory(e.g. D:\\\\) and try to add a file using gitpython, it will throw a ValueError:\r\n```\r\nAbsolute path `D:\\\\file` is not in git repository at `D:\\\\`\r\n```\r\nThe reason for this is improper validation in _to_relative_path method located at git/index/base.py:\r\n```\r\n    def _to_relative_path(self, path):\r\n        \"\"\":return: Version of path relative to our git directory or raise ValueError\r\n        if it is not within our git direcotory\"\"\"\r\n        if not osp.isabs(path):\r\n            return path\r\n        if self.repo.bare:\r\n            raise InvalidGitRepositoryError(\"require non-bare repository\")\r\n        relative_path = path.replace(self.repo.working_tree_dir + os.sep, \"\")\r\n        if relative_path == path:\r\n            raise ValueError(\"Absolute path %r is not in git repository at %r\" % (path, self.repo.working_tree_dir))\r\n        return relative_path\r\n```\r\nI.e. when path is `/file` and working_tree_dir is `/`, relative_path stays equal to path, because `self.repo.working_tree + os.sep` is equal to `//`. The way to solve this is to simply use os.path.relpath methond. Please see pull-request attached.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/efiop","@type":"Person","name":"efiop"},"datePublished":"2018-04-03T11:48:51.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/743/GitPython/issues/743"}