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Attempt #1 to open a repository in Windows:
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open
fossil: repository does not exist or is in an unreadable directory:
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Attempt #2:
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open
BUILD.txt
COPYRIGHT-GPL2.txt
Makefile
Makefile.w32
art/CollRev1.dia
art/CollRev2.dia
art/CollRev3.dia
art/CollRev4.dia
art/branching.odp
.
.
.
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It bizarrely assumes that a path with an opening backslash is relative to the current path instead of relative to the drive root like it should.

It seems fossil only recognizes a full path specification if it includes device names.  This is a Bad Idea.  It makes me wonder how it handles UNC or UNCW paths as well:

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(I have no way of testing that at the moment as the Windows machine I'm using is not on a network with any other Windows machines.)
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