--- /dev/null
+Index: collect_diffs.rb
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /var/lib/cvs/cvsspam/collect_diffs.rb,v
+retrieving revision 1.24
+diff -u -r1.24 collect_diffs.rb
+--- collect_diffs.rb 20 Feb 2005 13:35:15 -0000 1.24
++++ collect_diffs.rb 27 Feb 2005 17:35:12 -0000
+@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@
+ fail "CVSROOT ('#{cvsroot}') doesn't match log preamble ('#{$path}')"
+ end
+
+- $repository_path = $path.slice(cvsroot.length+1, $path.length-cvsroot.length-1)
++ $repository_path = $path.slice(cvsroot.length, $path.length-cvsroot.length)
++ $repository_path.sub!(/^\//, "") # remove leading '/', if present
+
+ if $use_modern_argument_list
+ changes = collect_modern_style_args(cvs_info)