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[lyx.git] / src / VCBackend.cpp

diff --git a/src/VCBackend.cpp b/src/VCBackend.cpp
index 6347dd08d239a86539b9fea388ad0e771383584e..719c3c2a1f58241be6f70c50e63cffcdd5632b2e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/VCBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/VCBackend.cpp
@@ -102,9 +102,12 @@ bool VCS::checkparentdirs(FileName const & file, std::string const & pathname)
 {
        FileName dirname = file.onlyPath();
        FileName tocheck = FileName(addName(dirname.absFileName(),pathname));
+       LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "check file: " << tocheck.absFileName());
        bool result = tocheck.exists();
        while ( !result && !dirname.empty() ) {
-               dirname = dirname.parentPath();
+               //this construct because of #8295
+               dirname = FileName(dirname.absFileName()).parentPath();
+               LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "check directory: " << dirname.absFileName());
                tocheck = FileName(addName(dirname.absFileName(),pathname));
                result = tocheck.exists();
        }