From 7edb4c0162a67768c47e3dd7bbae3ae9819039e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Craig-Wood <nick@craig-wood.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:37:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] sftp: fix NewObject with leading /

This was breaking the use of operations/stat with remote with an
initial /

See: https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-rc-api-operations-stat-is-not-working-for-sftp-remotes/34560
---
 backend/sftp/sftp.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/sftp/sftp.go b/backend/sftp/sftp.go
index 109745267..c998180c7 100644
--- a/backend/sftp/sftp.go
+++ b/backend/sftp/sftp.go
@@ -1775,11 +1775,14 @@ func (o *Object) setMetadata(info os.FileInfo) {
 
 // statRemote stats the file or directory at the remote given
 func (f *Fs) stat(ctx context.Context, remote string) (info os.FileInfo, err error) {
+	absPath := remote
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(remote, "/") {
+		absPath = path.Join(f.absRoot, remote)
+	}
 	c, err := f.getSftpConnection(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stat: %w", err)
 	}
-	absPath := path.Join(f.absRoot, remote)
 	info, err = c.sftpClient.Stat(absPath)
 	f.putSftpConnection(&c, err)
 	return info, err