# HG changeset patch
# User Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
# Date 1321386346 28800
# Node ID 60e0e932570e9ee46a0306e331b5982f5a500ae4
# Parent  0d3c1c78ff0aa3b5ecf9c08e78ca75818e248813
fix one error but not the one i was aiming for

diff -r 0d3c1c78ff0a -r 60e0e932570e example.txt
--- a/example.txt	Tue Nov 15 10:18:56 2011 -0800
+++ b/example.txt	Tue Nov 15 11:45:46 2011 -0800
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 # URL                                             DESTINATION TYPE
 http://k0s.org/geekcode                           .           file
-https://github.com/mozilla/mozbase/tarball/master .           tar
+# https://github.com/mozilla/mozbase/tarball/master .           tar
diff -r 0d3c1c78ff0a -r 60e0e932570e fetch.py
--- a/fetch.py	Tue Nov 15 10:18:56 2011 -0800
+++ b/fetch.py	Tue Nov 15 11:45:46 2011 -0800
@@ -264,8 +264,13 @@
             # fix up relative paths
             dest = item['dest']
             if not os.path.isabs(dest):
-                relative_to = self.relative_to or os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(item['manifest']))
-                dest = os.path.join(relative_to, dest)
+                relative_to = self.relative_to
+                if not relative_to:
+                    if isinstance(item['manifest'], basestring):
+                        relative_to = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(item['manifest']))
+                    else:
+                        relative_to = os.getcwd()
+                dest = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(relative_to, dest))
 
             # fetch the items
             self(item['url'], destination=dest, type=item['type'], **item['options'])