use lstrp() to strip prefix '/'

Change-Id: I4106d71e3a602daee8f09545b709ebb0c09f4e8a

diff --git a/gitbuildsys/cmd_export.py b/gitbuildsys/cmd_export.py
index d9a75a40311b1333b9f3fb84835fe5805547cedc..8548316469be3bd2fb3ef29e1e55e0bc234ec6a2 100644 (file)
--- a/gitbuildsys/cmd_export.py
+++ b/gitbuildsys/cmd_export.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def create_gbp_export_args(repo, commit, export_dir, tmp_dir, spec, args,
                 remotename = upstream_branch.split("/")[0]
         except GitRepositoryError:
             pass
-        reponame = urlparse(remotes[remotename][0]).path[1:]
+        reponame = urlparse(remotes[remotename][0]).path.lstrip('/')
 
     packaging_dir = get_packaging_dir(args)
     # Now, start constructing the argument list