bug#57353: [PATCH] Fix parse-colon-path with UNC directory names

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:23:56 +0100
> Cc: 57353@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at 15:15, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > Does the patch below give good results in your use cases?
> >
> > diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
> > index 8596d9a..26730df 100644
> > --- a/lisp/files.el
> > +++ b/lisp/files.el
> > @@ -856,10 +856,16 @@ parse-colon-path
> >                  (if (equal "" f) nil
> >                    (let ((dir (file-name-as-directory f)))
> >                      ;; Previous implementation used `substitute-in-file-name'
> > -                    ;; which collapse multiple "/" in front.  Do the same for
> > -                    ;; backward compatibility.
> > -                    (if (string-match "\\`/+" dir)
> > -                        (substring dir (1- (match-end 0))) dir))))
> > +                    ;; which collapses multiple "/" in front, while
> > +                    ;; preserving double slash where it matters.  Do
> > +                    ;; the same for backward compatibility.
> > +                    (if (string-match "\\`//+" dir)
> > +                        (substring dir
> > +                                   (- (match-end 0)
> > +                                      (if (memq system-type
> > +                                                '(windows-nt 'cygwin 'ms-dos))
> > +                                          2 1)))
> > +                      dir))))
> >                (split-string spath path-separator)))))
> >
> >  (defun cd-absolute (dir)
> 
> It does.

Thanks, installed with minor changes, and closing the bug.