"ipfs files" commands are escaping windows path slashes

[Xendipity]

Version information:

go-ipfs version: 0.4.13-
Repo version: 6
System version: amd64/windows
Golang version: go1.9.2

Type: bug

Severity: High?

Description:

While using the go-ipfs cli on a windows git-bash terminal, I'm running into an issue where the ipfs files commands are escaping forward slashes: /:

Fails:

$ ipfs files mkdir /breakfast
Error: Paths must start with a leading slash.

Works:

$ ipfs files mkdir //breakfast

I have this general problem with all ipfs files commands. Looked around through some issues and this one could be related to another recent issue #4602 but you guys would know more.

[Stebalien]

This is actually an issue with git-bash and I'm not sure there's much we can do about it. Unfortunately, git-bash recognizes that ipfs is a windows command, sees that /breakfast is a path, and then rewrites it as a windows path (probably as something like C:\path\to\git\bash\root\breakfast).

Apparently, setting MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 may fix this (git bash uses msys). Alternatively, passing a double leading slash will tell git bash to not rewrite the path.