fix #1042 - keep absolute paths for local pods as is

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ To install or update CocoaPods see this [guide](http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides
   [#1840](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/1840)
   [Core#71](https://github.com/CocoaPods/Core/pull/71)
 
+* Fix to keep absolute paths specified for local pods as is.
+  [Samuel Ford](https://github.com/samuelwford)
+  [#1042](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/1042)
 
 ## 0.30.0
 [CocoaPods](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/compare/0.29.0...0.30.0)

lib/cocoapods/external_sources.rb

@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ 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)
+          sandbox.store_local_path(name, podspec.dirname, Pathname.new(declared_path).absolute?)
         end
       end
 
@@ -368,10 +368,15 @@ module Pod
 
       # @!group Helpers
 
+      # @return [String] the path as declared in the podspec
+      #
+      def declared_path
+        (params[:path] || params[:local]).to_s
+      end
+      
       # @return [Pathname] the path of the podspec.
       #
       def podspec_path
-        declared_path = (params[:path] || params[:local]).to_s
         path_with_ext = File.extname(declared_path) == '.podspec' ? declared_path : "#{declared_path}/#{name}.podspec"
         podfile_dir   = File.dirname(podfile_path || '')
         absolute_path = File.expand_path(path_with_ext, podfile_dir)

lib/cocoapods/installer.rb

@@ -295,9 +295,10 @@ module Pod
 
         pod_names = pod_targets.map(&:pod_name).uniq
         pod_names.each do |pod_name|
-          path = sandbox.pod_dir(pod_name)
           local = sandbox.local?(pod_name)
-          @pods_project.add_pod_group(pod_name, path, local)
+          path = sandbox.pod_dir(pod_name)
+          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