git: index: base: use os.path.relpath

Fixes gitpython-developers#743

Signed-off-by: Ruslan Kuprieiev <kupruser@gmail.com>

Author: efiop

git/index/base.py

@@ -561,10 +561,9 @@ def _to_relative_path(self, path):
             return path
         if self.repo.bare:
             raise InvalidGitRepositoryError("require non-bare repository")
-        relative_path = path.replace(self.repo.working_tree_dir + os.sep, "")
-        if relative_path == path:
+        if not path.startswith(self.repo.working_tree_dir):
             raise ValueError("Absolute path %r is not in git repository at %r" % (path, self.repo.working_tree_dir))
-        return relative_path
+        return os.path.relpath(path, self.repo.working_tree_dir)
 
     def _preprocess_add_items(self, items):
         """ Split the items into two lists of path strings and BaseEntries. """

git/test/test_index.py

@@ -838,6 +838,21 @@ def test_add_a_file_with_wildcard_chars(self, rw_dir):
         r.index.add([fp])
         r.index.commit('Added [.exe')
 
+    def test__to_relative_path_at_root(self):
+        root = osp.abspath(os.sep)
+
+        class Mocked(object):
+            bare = False
+            git_dir = root
+            working_tree_dir = root
+
+        repo = Mocked()
+        path = os.path.join(root, 'file')
+        index = IndexFile(repo)
+
+        rel = index._to_relative_path(path)
+        self.assertEqual(rel, os.path.relpath(path, root))
+
     @with_rw_repo('HEAD', bare=True)
     def test_pre_commit_hook_success(self, rw_repo):
         index = rw_repo.index