From 20fc4284852acbc7625edbf36f48d73306189e5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kieran Doonan <kieran.doonan@cloudreach.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:45:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Updated _chef_root function to use directory:h

---
 plugins/knife/_knife | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/knife/_knife b/plugins/knife/_knife
index 4e7ee69ae..0d61ff15c 100644
--- a/plugins/knife/_knife
+++ b/plugins/knife/_knife
@@ -230,12 +230,11 @@ _cookbook_versions() {
 # Searches up from current directory to find the closest folder that has a .chef folder 
 # Useful for the knife upload/from file commands 
 _chef_root () {
-  slashes=${PWD//[^\/]/}
   directory="$PWD"
-  for (( n=${#slashes}; n>0; --n ))
+  while [ $directory != '/' ]
   do
     test -e "$directory/.chef" && echo "$directory" && return
-    directory="$directory/.."
+    directory="${directory:h}"
   done
 }