From 52967ec1034ed02f1a12f7bb0eefd1b8b5660f3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Schneider <16943959+tailoric@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 03:08:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix path sanitation for absolute Windows paths

When using an absolute Windows path (e.g. `C:\Users\USER\Documents\`)
for the `newbot` command the translation table replaced the valid `:`
character in the drive causing it to create the directory at the wrong
place.

Fixes #10096
---
 discord/__main__.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discord/__main__.py b/discord/__main__.py
index 843274b53..f8556fcdc 100644
--- a/discord/__main__.py
+++ b/discord/__main__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from typing import Optional, Tuple, Dict
 
 import argparse
 import sys
-from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import Path, PurePath, PureWindowsPath
 
 import discord
 import importlib.metadata
@@ -225,8 +225,14 @@ def to_path(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser, name: str, *, replace_spaces: bool
         )
         if len(name) <= 4 and name.upper() in forbidden:
             parser.error('invalid directory name given, use a different one')
+    path = PurePath(name)
+    if isinstance(path, PureWindowsPath) and path.drive:
+        drive, rest = path.parts[0], path.parts[1:]
+        transformed = tuple(map(lambda p: p.translate(_translation_table), rest))
+        name = drive + '\\'.join(transformed)
 
-    name = name.translate(_translation_table)
+    else:
+        name = name.translate(_translation_table)
     if replace_spaces:
         name = name.replace(' ', '-')
     return Path(name)