From 7df6301144a02064e796acac520ff1145f6608a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 17:04:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] create: ignore empty paths, print warning, fixes #5637

---
 src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
index 911abb378..fbf9b6455 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ def create_inner(archive, cache, fso):
                         return self.exit_code
             else:
                 for path in args.paths:
+                    if path == "":  # issue #5637
+                        self.print_warning("An empty string was given as PATH, ignoring.")
+                        continue
                     if path == "-":  # stdin
                         path = args.stdin_name
                         mode = args.stdin_mode