From 1e33bc62ede982779102b015b4d311a3e4791031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JoeLametta <JoeLametta@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 10:31:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make PathFilter's filter tolerant to empty strings

Signed-off-by: JoeLametta <JoeLametta@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 whipper/common/path.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/whipper/common/path.py b/whipper/common/path.py
index 3099bbd..94cad17 100644
--- a/whipper/common/path.py
+++ b/whipper/common/path.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class PathFilter:
     def filter(self, path):
         R_CH = '_'
         if self._dot:
-            if path[0] == '.':
+            if path[:1] == '.':  # Slicing tolerant to empty strings
                 path = R_CH + path[1:]
         if self._posix:
             path = re.sub(r'[\/\x00]', R_CH, path)