From b83052b538b35bbe40f5d5d679852c86c08f3ebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cassondra Foesch <puellanivis@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:48:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Export RealPath for potential client use

---
 client.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index dc8a423e..d56cddc4 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func (c *Client) PosixRename(oldname, newname string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Client) realpath(path string) (string, error) {
+func (c *Client) RealPath(path string) (string, error) {
 	id := c.nextID()
 	typ, data, err := c.sendPacket(nil, &sshFxpRealpathPacket{
 		ID:   id,
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ func (c *Client) realpath(path string) (string, error) {
 // Getwd returns the current working directory of the server. Operations
 // involving relative paths will be based at this location.
 func (c *Client) Getwd() (string, error) {
-	return c.realpath(".")
+	return c.RealPath(".")
 }
 
 // Mkdir creates the specified directory. An error will be returned if a file or

From 714bd5db80eb25a1811fe204b0dd6323d415457a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cassondra Foesch <puellanivis@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 09:03:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] +godoc

---
 client.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index d56cddc4..81b2d6c1 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -789,6 +789,10 @@ func (c *Client) PosixRename(oldname, newname string) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// RealPath can be used to have the server canonicalize any given path name to an absolute path.
+//
+// This is useful for converting path names containing ".." components,
+// or relative pathnames without a leading slash into absolute paths.
 func (c *Client) RealPath(path string) (string, error) {
 	id := c.nextID()
 	typ, data, err := c.sendPacket(nil, &sshFxpRealpathPacket{