[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="mih"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/f881df265a423e4f24eff27c623148fd"
 subject="comment 4"
 date="2021-01-15T08:32:58Z"
 content="""
> Is the relative path actually valid?

As far as I can tell, it is.

```
(venv3.8.6) worker-629-003:datalad_temp_test_basic_scenariocm66i4fm appveyor$ ls -id ../../../../../../../var/folders/5s/g225f6nd6jl4g8tshbh1ltk40000gn/T/datalad_temp_tree_test_basic_scenariodi3ady04/.git/annex /var/folders/5s/g225f6nd6jl4g8tshbh1ltk40000gn/T/datalad_temp_tree_test_basic_scenariodi3ady04/.git/annex
12889649026 ../../../../../../../var/folders/5s/g225f6nd6jl4g8tshbh1ltk40000gn/T/datalad_temp_tree_test_basic_scenariodi3ady04/.git/annex
12889649026 /var/folders/5s/g225f6nd6jl4g8tshbh1ltk40000gn/T/datalad_temp_tree_test_basic_scenariodi3ady04/.git/annex
```

I cannot come up with an explanation, for the consistent behavior of `ls`, but not `mkdir` for a relative path vs. an absolute path.

```
(venv3.8.6) worker-629-003:datalad_temp_test_basic_scenariocm66i4fm appveyor$ mkdir ../../../../../../../var/folders/5s/g225f6nd6jl4g8tshbh1ltk40000gn/T/datalad_temp_tree_test_basic_scenariodi3ady04/.git/annex/testdummy
mkdir: ../../../../../../../var/folders/5s/g225f6nd6jl4g8tshbh1ltk40000gn/T/datalad_temp_tree_test_basic_scenariodi3ady04/.git/annex: No such file or directory

(venv3.8.6) worker-629-003:datalad_temp_test_basic_scenariocm66i4fm appveyor$ mkdir /var/folders/5s/g225f6nd6jl4g8tshbh1ltk40000gn/T/datalad_temp_tree_test_basic_scenariodi3ady04/.git/annex/testdummy
-> exit 0
```
"""]]
