From 81ee182f05442cb2077d44b4438bda1edea08c00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Dirk-Jan C. Binnema" <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:58:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] mu: mu-view: don't insist on absolute path

Make it absolute so make_from_path can deal with it.
---
 mu/mu-cmd.cc | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mu/mu-cmd.cc b/mu/mu-cmd.cc
index 3f8a7c9c..0f4af1a7 100644
--- a/mu/mu-cmd.cc
+++ b/mu/mu-cmd.cc
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ handle_msg(const std::string& fname, const Options& opts)
 {
 	using Format = Options::View::Format;
 
-	auto message{Message::make_from_path(fname, message_options(opts.view))};
+	// make absolute.
+	const auto fpath{to_string_opt_gchar(g_canonicalize_filename(fname.c_str(), NULL))};
+	if (!fpath)
+		return Err(Error::Code::File, "invalid file '%s'", fname.c_str());
+
+	auto message{Message::make_from_path(*fpath, message_options(opts.view))};
 	if (!message)
 		return Err(message.error());