thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/src/transports/local.c b/src/transports/local.c
index 253aca3..26ada48 100644
--- a/src/transports/local.c
+++ b/src/transports/local.c
@@ -156,6 +156,24 @@ on_error:
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int path_from_url_or_path(git_buf *local_path_out, const char *url_or_path)
+{
+	int error;
+
+	/* If url_or_path begins with file:// treat it as a URL */
+	if (!git__prefixcmp(url_or_path, "file://")) {
+		if ((error = git_path_fromurl(local_path_out, url_or_path)) < 0) {
+			return error;
+		}
+	} else { /* We assume url_or_path is already a path */
+		if ((error = git_buf_sets(local_path_out, url_or_path)) < 0) {
+			return error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Try to open the url as a git directory. The direction doesn't
  * matter in this case because we're calulating the heads ourselves.
@@ -181,17 +199,12 @@ static int local_connect(
 	t->direction = direction;
 	t->flags = flags;
 
-	/* The repo layer doesn't want the prefix */
-	if (!git__prefixcmp(t->url, "file://")) {
-		if (git_path_fromurl(&buf, t->url) < 0) {
-			git_buf_free(&buf);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		path = git_buf_cstr(&buf);
-
-	} else { /* We assume transport->url is already a path */
-		path = t->url;
+	/* 'url' may be a url or path; convert to a path */
+	if ((error = path_from_url_or_path(&buf, url)) < 0) {
+		git_buf_free(&buf);
+		return error;
 	}
+	path = git_buf_cstr(&buf);
 
 	error = git_repository_open(&repo, path);
 
@@ -344,11 +357,24 @@ static int local_push(
 	git_repository *remote_repo = NULL;
 	push_spec *spec;
 	char *url = NULL;
+	const char *path;
+	git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
 	int error;
 	unsigned int i;
 	size_t j;
 
-	if ((error = git_repository_open(&remote_repo, push->remote->url)) < 0)
+	/* 'push->remote->url' may be a url or path; convert to a path */
+	if ((error = path_from_url_or_path(&buf, push->remote->url)) < 0) {
+		git_buf_free(&buf);
+		return error;
+	}
+	path = git_buf_cstr(&buf);
+
+	error = git_repository_open(&remote_repo, path);
+
+	git_buf_free(&buf);
+
+	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 
 	/* We don't currently support pushing locally to non-bare repos. Proper
diff --git a/tests/network/remote/local.c b/tests/network/remote/local.c
index 3091429..c713ade 100644
--- a/tests/network/remote/local.c
+++ b/tests/network/remote/local.c
@@ -197,6 +197,46 @@ void test_network_remote_local__push_to_bare_remote(void)
 	cl_fixture_cleanup("localbare.git");
 }
 
+void test_network_remote_local__push_to_bare_remote_with_file_url(void)
+{
+	/* Should be able to push to a bare remote */
+	git_remote *localremote;
+	git_push *push;
+
+	/* Get some commits */
+	connect_to_local_repository(cl_fixture("testrepo.git"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_add_fetch(remote, "master:master"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_download(remote));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_update_tips(remote));
+	git_remote_disconnect(remote);
+
+	/* Set up an empty bare repo to push into */
+	{
+		git_repository *localbarerepo;
+		cl_git_pass(git_repository_init(&localbarerepo, "./localbare.git", 1));
+		git_repository_free(localbarerepo);
+	}
+
+	/* Create a file URL */
+	const char *url = cl_git_path_url("./localbare.git");
+
+	/* Connect to the bare repo */
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_create_inmemory(&localremote, repo, NULL, url));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_connect(localremote, GIT_DIRECTION_PUSH));
+
+	/* Try to push */
+	cl_git_pass(git_push_new(&push, localremote));
+	cl_git_pass(git_push_add_refspec(push, "refs/heads/master:"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_push_finish(push));
+	cl_assert(git_push_unpack_ok(push));
+
+	/* Clean up */
+	git_push_free(push);
+	git_remote_free(localremote);
+	cl_fixture_cleanup("localbare.git");
+}
+
+
 void test_network_remote_local__push_to_non_bare_remote(void)
 {
 	/* Shouldn't be able to push to a non-bare remote */