From ccf952dac7ba9767e4cfa6bf8926e07711924d3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Butterworth <i.r.butterworth@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:20:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] convert path to abspath in longpath

---
 base/path.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/path.jl b/base/path.jl
index f02350af6e7bf..67bacc589b872 100644
--- a/base/path.jl
+++ b/base/path.jl
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ abspath(a::AbstractString, b::AbstractString...) = abspath(joinpath(a,b...))
 if Sys.iswindows()
 
 function longpath(path::AbstractString)
-    p = cwstring(path)
+    p = cwstring(abspath(path)) # GetLongPathNameW requires absolute paths
     buf = zeros(UInt16, length(p))
     while true
         n = ccall((:GetLongPathNameW, "kernel32"), stdcall,