From e101f92016b7f0c4b99ed9156921a12ac240ed65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shreyas Goenka <shreyas.goenka@databricks.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:31:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add windows fix

---
 libs/filer/local_client.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/filer/local_client.go b/libs/filer/local_client.go
index c777b13e..0bf7650c 100644
--- a/libs/filer/local_client.go
+++ b/libs/filer/local_client.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ type LocalClient struct {
 }
 
 func NewLocalClient(root string) (Filer, error) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && root == "/" {
+		// Windows paths require a drive specified. This allows use to create
+		// local filers at the root of a windows file system
+		return &LocalClient{root: NewRootPath("")}, nil
+	}
 	return &LocalClient{
 		root: NewRootPath(root),
 	}, nil