alternates: re-allow relative paths from environment

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 064651947dcab37b014309796aa32df0ed944750..fbafdbed94cfe810000fbf72dd5eaf54b1302d9c 100644 (file)
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int link_alt_odb_entry(const char *entry, const char *relative_base,
        }
        strbuf_addstr(&pathbuf, entry);
 
-       if (strbuf_normalize_path(&pathbuf) < 0) {
+       if (strbuf_normalize_path(&pathbuf) < 0 && relative_base) {
                error("unable to normalize alternate object path: %s",
                      pathbuf.buf);
                strbuf_release(&pathbuf);