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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Cannot init repo in root directory with absolute path","articleBody":"### Reproduction steps\r\nCall `git_repository_init_ext` with path `/foo` on a posix-like system (not windows) for a path that does not exist.\r\n\r\n```c\r\ngit_repository *repo;\r\ngit_repository_init_options initopts = GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_OPTIONS_INIT;\r\ngit_libgit2_init();\r\ninitopts.flags |= GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_MKDIR | GIT_REPOSITORY_INIT_MKPATH;\r\nint error = git_repository_init_ext(\u0026repo, \"/foo\", \u0026initopts);\r\nif (error) {\r\n    const git_error *err = git_error_last();\r\n    fprintf(stderr, \"[%d] %s\\n\", err-\u003eklass, err-\u003emessage);\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Expected behavior\r\nCreates a new repo `/foo/.git`\r\n\r\n### Actual behavior\r\nFails with `[2] failed to make directory '/foo/.git': No such file or directory`\r\n\r\n### Version of libgit2 (release number or SHA1)\r\n55a1535dd51c62f4e4ed764412200bbd49f3a1ab\r\n\r\n### Operating system(s) tested\r\nLinux or macOS.\r\n\r\n### Notes\r\nThis is caused by the change in #5050. ","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ehuss","@type":"Person","name":"ehuss"},"datePublished":"2019-06-20T18:44:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/5130/libgit2/issues/5130"}