preserve local pod paths specified as absolute or rooted to home

lib/cocoapods/external_sources.rb

@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ module Pod
         UI.titled_section("Fetching podspec for `#{name}` #{description}", { :verbose_prefix => "-> " }) do
           podspec = podspec_path
           store_podspec(sandbox, podspec)
-          sandbox.store_local_path(name, podspec.dirname)
+          path_is_absolute_or_rooted_to_home = declared_path.absolute? || declared_path.to_s.start_with?('~')
+          sandbox.store_local_path(name, podspec.dirname, path_is_absolute_or_rooted_to_home)
         end
       end
 

lib/cocoapods/installer.rb

@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ module Pod
         pod_names.each do |pod_name|
           local = sandbox.local?(pod_name)
           path = sandbox.pod_dir(pod_name)
-          @pods_project.add_pod_group(pod_name, path, local, local)
+          was_absolute = sandbox.local_path_was_absolute?(pod_name)
+          @pods_project.add_pod_group(pod_name, path, local, was_absolute)
         end
 
         if config.podfile_path

lib/cocoapods/sandbox.rb

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ module Pod
       @head_pods = []
       @checkout_sources = {}
       @development_pods = {}
+      @development_pods_were_absolute = {}
     end
 
     # @return [Lockfile] the manifest which contains the information about the
@@ -159,6 +160,16 @@ module Pod
       end
     end
     
+    # Returns true if the path as originally specified was absolute.
+    #
+    # @param  [String] name
+    #
+    # @return [Bool] true if originally absolute
+    #
+    def local_path_was_absolute?(name)
+      @development_pods_were_absolute[name]
+    end
+    
     # @return [Pathname] the directory where to store the documentation.
     #
     def documentation_dir
@@ -338,11 +349,15 @@ module Pod
     # @param  [#to_s] path
     #         The local path where the Pod is stored.
     #
+    # @param  [Bool] was_absolute
+    #         True if the specified local path was absolute.
+    #
     # @return [void]
     #
-    def store_local_path(name, path)
+    def store_local_path(name, path, was_absolute = false)
       root_name = Specification.root_name(name)
       development_pods[root_name] = path.to_s
+      @development_pods_were_absolute[root_name] = was_absolute
     end
 
     # @return [Hash{String=>String}] The path of the Pods with a local source

spec/unit/installer_spec.rb

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ module Pod
           @installer.pods_project.class.should == Pod::Project
         end
 
-        it "sets the path of the Pod group to an absolute path if local" do
+        it "preserves Pod paths specified as absolute or rooted to home" do
           local_podfile = generate_local_podfile
           local_installer = Installer.new(config.sandbox, local_podfile)
           local_installer.send(:analyze)