patch 8.2.3468: problem with :cd when editing file in non-existent directory Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c6376c798433bcb9ee38a8664299d11454546950 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Oct 3 19:29:48 2021 +0100 patch 8.2.3468: problem with :cd when editing file in non-existent directory Problem: Problem with :cd when editing file in non-existent directory. (Yee Cheng Chin) Solution: Prepend the current directory to get the full path. (closes #8903)

--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -2647,7 +2647,15 @@ mch_FullName(
 		{
 		    vim_strncpy(buf, fname, p - fname);
 		    if (mch_chdir((char *)buf))
-			retval = FAIL;
+		    {
+			// Path does not exist (yet).  For a full path fail,
+			// will use the path as-is.  For a relative path use
+			// the current directory and append the file name.
+			if (mch_isFullName(fname))
+			    retval = FAIL;
+			else
+			    p = NULL;
+		    }
 		    else if (*p == '/')
 			fname = p + 1;
 		    else