--- a/mercurial/sparse.py Thu Aug 03 23:02:32 2017 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/sparse.py Wed Aug 02 15:05:21 2017 -0700
@@ -636,10 +636,10 @@
newexclude = set(oldexclude)
newprofiles = set(oldprofiles)
- if any(pat.startswith('/') for pat in pats):
- repo.ui.warn(_('warning: paths cannot start with /, ignoring: %s\n')
- % ([pat for pat in pats if pat.startswith('/')]))
- elif include:
+ if any(os.path.isabs(pat) for pat in pats):
+ raise error.Abort(_('paths cannot be absolute'))
+
+ if include:
newinclude.update(pats)
elif exclude:
newexclude.update(pats)