From efb4731acec006c4dbfb6d95fbb32d673d21cb04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Fleury <ryan.j.fleury@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 16:53:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] respect leading slashes in bake file path tree lookup

---
 src/lib_rdi_make/rdi_make.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib_rdi_make/rdi_make.c b/src/lib_rdi_make/rdi_make.c
index 811a8faa..e07100f6 100644
--- a/src/lib_rdi_make/rdi_make.c
+++ b/src/lib_rdi_make/rdi_make.c
@@ -1904,12 +1904,26 @@ rdim_bake_path_node_from_string(RDIM_BakePathTree *tree, RDIM_String8 string)
   RDI_U8 *opl = string.str + string.size;
   for(;ptr < opl && node != 0;)
   {
-    // rjf: skip past slashes
-    for(;ptr < opl && (*ptr == '/' || *ptr == '\\'); ptr += 1);
+    // rjf: skip past non-leading slashes
+    RDI_U32 leading_slash = 0;
+    if(ptr > string.str)
+    {
+      for(;ptr < opl && (*ptr == '/' || *ptr == '\\'); ptr += 1);
+    }
+    else if(ptr < opl)
+    {
+      leading_slash = (*ptr == '/');
+    }
     
     // rjf: save beginning of non-slash range
     RDI_U8 *range_first = ptr;
     
+    // rjf: advance past leading slash
+    if(leading_slash)
+    {
+      ptr += 1;
+    }
+    
     // rjf: skip past non-slashes
     for(;ptr < opl && !(*ptr == '/' || *ptr == '\\'); ptr += 1);