--- /dev/null
+We're seeing systems in the wild (e.g. ubuntu 20.04) which call
+with a dirfd set to the full filename and path set to "". Since
+this seems to be expected to work, handle it accordingly.
+
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Index: git/pseudo_client.c
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/pseudo_client.c
++++ git/pseudo_client.c
+@@ -1549,8 +1549,12 @@ base_path(int dirfd, const char *path, i
+
+ if (!path)
+ return NULL;
+- if (!*path)
++
++ if (!*path) {
++ if (dirfd != -1 && dirfd != AT_FDCWD)
++ return fd_path(dirfd);
+ return "";
++ }
+
+ if (path[0] != '/') {
+ if (dirfd != -1 && dirfd != AT_FDCWD) {