Resolve the real path to lorry to improve tar importer behaviour

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lorry b/lorry
index 6dfc27b..b52a193 100755
--- a/lorry
+++ b/lorry
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import traceback
 
 __version__ = '0.0'
 
+lorry_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+
 def quote_url(url):
     ''' Convert URIs to strings that only contain digits, letters, % and _.
 
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@ class Lorry(cliapp.Application):
             return
         if not os.path.exists(gitdir):
             self.run_program(['git', 'init', '--bare', gitdir])
-        cmdline = ["%s.tar-importer" % __file__, tardest]
+        cmdline = ["%s.tar-importer" % lorry_path, tardest]
         self.run_program(cmdline, cwd=gitdir)
         self.needs_aggressive = True