From 1fea1e5821e8ed535dcb31c556783596c8745d07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Pope <code@tpope.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 15:31:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Support :Gedit /absolute/path when possible

Usage of /relative/path is deprecated in favor of ./relative/path, but
it's still supported on top of this for now.
---
 autoload/fugitive.vim | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index 633ab0d..7c78a9d 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -385,7 +385,11 @@ function! s:repo_translate(spec, ...) dict abort
 endfunction
 
 function! s:Generate(rev, ...) abort
-  return fugitive#repo(a:0 ? a:1 : b:git_dir).translate(a:rev, 1)
+  let repo = fugitive#repo(a:0 ? a:1 : b:git_dir)
+  if a:rev =~# '^\%(\a\+:\)\=/' && getftime(a:rev) >= 0 && getftime(repo.tree() . a:rev) < 0
+    return s:PlatformSlash(a:rev)
+  endif
+  return repo.translate(a:rev, 1)
 endfunction
 
 function! s:repo_head(...) dict abort