From ede8a86ec1e35ecd1ecf4b05efb1f8ce6cb3c97d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: root <root@buster.localdomain>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 01:59:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Convert root path to absolute path on create command

Signed-off-by: Amim Knabben <amim.knabben@gmail.com>
---
 main.go  |  3 +++
 utils.go | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fd1ad5ff1..1c443639e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ func main() {
 				fatal(err)
 			}
 		}
+		if err := reviseRootDir(context); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		return logs.ConfigureLogging(createLogConfig(context))
 	}
 
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index c687a4782..8b31be03f 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ func revisePidFile(context *cli.Context) error {
 	return context.Set("pid-file", pidFile)
 }
 
+// reviseRootDir convert the root to absolute path
+func reviseRootDir(context *cli.Context) error {
+	root := context.GlobalString("root")
+	if root == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	root, err := filepath.Abs(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return context.GlobalSet("root", root)
+}
+
 // parseBoolOrAuto returns (nil, nil) if s is empty or "auto"
 func parseBoolOrAuto(s string) (*bool, error) {
 	if s == "" || strings.ToLower(s) == "auto" {