From 0a78703ffe1bc64694117432a4f1be62fbc98e91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ordinary-slim <mehdi.slimani.elmaddarsi@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 12:50:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] simplify directory names before mkdir

Fixes bug where 'mkdir('./build/..') is called
---
 autoload/vimtex/compiler/_template.vim | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/autoload/vimtex/compiler/_template.vim b/autoload/vimtex/compiler/_template.vim
index f31cf38f28e..28b5022c4f3 100644
--- a/autoload/vimtex/compiler/_template.vim
+++ b/autoload/vimtex/compiler/_template.vim
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ function! s:compiler._create_build_dir(path) abort dict " {{{1
   call map(l:dirs, {_, x ->
         \ (vimtex#paths#is_abs(a:path) ? '' : self.file_info.root . '/')
         \ . a:path . '/' . x})
+  call map(l:dirs, {_, x -> simplify(x) })
   call filter(l:dirs, '!isdirectory(v:val)')
   if empty(l:dirs) | return | endif