From 50cdd6c1b8618fbeeb7c8507ca04567793e70bab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kohler <hello@maxkohler.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:27:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Don't slice leading slash off the first argument

---
 ai2html.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ai2html.js b/ai2html.js
index 4ef9225..211ac6a 100644
--- a/ai2html.js
+++ b/ai2html.js
@@ -999,10 +999,13 @@ function applyTemplate(template, replacements) {
 // Similar to Node.js path.join()
 function pathJoin() {
   var path = '';
-  forEach(arguments, function(arg) {
+  forEach(arguments, function(arg, i) {
     if (!arg) return;
     arg = String(arg);
-    arg = arg.replace(/^\/+/, '').replace(/\/+$/, '');
+    if (i > 0){
+      arg = arg.replace(/^\/+/, ''); // leading
+    }
+    arg = arg.replace(/\/+$/, ''); // trailing
     if (path.length > 0) {
       path += '/';
     }

From e3506d46e23bce7ada0ca0ce4fd7044c6fa20c76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kohler <hello@maxkohler.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:03:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add test

---
 test/utils-test.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/utils-test.js b/test/utils-test.js
index fc257c0..f6382e5 100644
--- a/test/utils-test.js
+++ b/test/utils-test.js
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ describe('Utility function tests', function() {
     it('removes duplicate slashes', function() {
       assert.equal(lib.pathJoin('ai/', '/output/', 'image.svg'), 'ai/output/image.svg');
     })
+
+    it('retains leading slash in first argument', function() {
+      assert.equal(lib.pathJoin('/c/', '/output/', 'image.svg'), '/c/output/image.svg');
+    })
   })
 
   describe('pathSplit()', function() {