From 22904e41de320ef529c813a180fbb18d57e8afb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Grenfell <martin_grenfell@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:07:23 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] allow relative paths for :NERDTree commands

---
 plugin/NERD_tree.vim | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
index e82b349..4cb7534 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
@@ -1669,6 +1669,11 @@ function! s:initNerdTree(name)
         let path = s:Bookmark.BookmarkFor(a:name).path
     else
         let dir = a:name == '' ? getcwd() : a:name
+
+        "hack to get an absolute path is a relative path is given
+        if dir =~ '^\.'
+            let dir = getcwd() . s:os_slash . dir
+        endif
         let dir = resolve(dir)
 
         try