X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/454ee2b8f0385c542b6f1165a3baf2820425e1a3..3a6b1a17f1b073e381b053b52e3cb0bb9c81d249:/services/api/app/models/repository.rb

diff --git a/services/api/app/models/repository.rb b/services/api/app/models/repository.rb
index 5e0e39f9be..46f2de6ee4 100644
--- a/services/api/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/services/api/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Repository < ArvadosModel
     end
     if not (/^#{prefix_match}[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$/.match(name))
       errors.add(:name,
-                 "#{errmsg_start} a letter followed by alphanumerics")
+                 "#{errmsg_start} a letter followed by alphanumerics, expected pattern '#{prefix_match}[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*' but was '#{name}'")
       false
     end
   end
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ class Repository < ArvadosModel
     else
       base = URI(default_base_fmt % prefix)
     end
+    if base.path == ""
+      base.path = "/"
+    end
     if base.scheme == "ssh"
       '%s@%s:%s.git' % [base.user, base.host, name]
     else