Ticket #1291: static_serve_empty_path_compnent.diff

django/views/static.py

@@ -33 +33 @@
 
     # Clean up given path to only allow serving files below document_root.
     path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
+    path = path.lstrip('/')
     newpath = ''
     for part in path.split('/'):
         if not part:

tests/regressiontests/views/tests/static.py

@@ -12 +12 @@
         for filename in media_files:
             response = self.client.get('/views/site_media/%s' % filename)
             file = open(path.join(media_dir, filename))
-            self.assertEquals(file.read(), response.content)
- No newline at end of file
+            self.assertEquals(file.read(), response.content)
+
+    def test_copes_with_empty_path_component(self):
+        file_name = 'file.txt'
+        response = self.client.get('/views/site_media//%s' % file_name)
+        file = open(path.join(media_dir, file_name))
+        self.assertEquals(file.read(), response.content)
+        
+