From 4f49f9bae6bc38c952cd1b414f44d9603a8d903d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:49:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make_path_safe: remove test for backslashes, fixes #7651

looks like some tools use backslashes in linux/macOS paths.
---
 src/borg/helpers/fs.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/fs.py b/src/borg/helpers/fs.py
index 63d698cdf..68f0cd69f 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/fs.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/fs.py
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ def make_path_safe(path):
     `path` contain any '..' elements.
     """
     path = path.lstrip("/")
-    if "\\" in path:  # borg always wants slashes, never backslashes.
-        raise ValueError(f"unexpected backslash(es) in path {path!r}")
     if path.startswith("../") or "/../" in path or path.endswith("/..") or path == "..":
         raise ValueError(f"unexpected '..' element in path {path!r}")
     path = os.path.normpath(path)