From 2e44a6a1ed9261b1eb34a7d4cca73487a9382b91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Schumacher <ben.schumacher@mattermost.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:48:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve error message for failed file copied (#30418)

---
 server/public/utils/file.go | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/public/utils/file.go b/server/public/utils/file.go
index 087626bbb1..04efd09059 100644
--- a/server/public/utils/file.go
+++ b/server/public/utils/file.go
@@ -59,8 +59,14 @@ func CopyFile(src, dst string) (err error) {
 // src must exist and dst must not exist.
 // Permissions are preserved when possible. Symlinks are skipped.
 func CopyDir(src string, dst string) (err error) {
-	src = filepath.Clean(src)
-	dst = filepath.Clean(dst)
+	src, err = filepath.Abs(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	dst, err = filepath.Abs(dst)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
 	stat, err := os.Stat(src)
 	if err != nil {