From eb436baaea212152cecd0e88fef2bae636f1736f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tamas Cservenak <tamas@cservenak.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:06:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Win win

---
 .../maven/toolbox/shared/internal/ToolboxCommandoImpl.java     | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/shared/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/shared/internal/ToolboxCommandoImpl.java b/shared/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/shared/internal/ToolboxCommandoImpl.java
index f349e3f2..493d7533 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/shared/internal/ToolboxCommandoImpl.java
+++ b/shared/src/main/java/eu/maveniverse/maven/toolbox/shared/internal/ToolboxCommandoImpl.java
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ public boolean dump(boolean verbose, Output output) {
 
     @Override
     public ArtifactSink artifactSink(Output output, String spec) throws IOException {
-        String prefix = spec.contains(":") ? spec.substring(0, spec.indexOf(":")) : "flatImplied";
+        // This is to honor paths like "C:/..." (so we check for "prefix" longer than 3 chars)
+        String prefix = spec.indexOf(':') > 3 ? spec.substring(0, spec.indexOf(":")) : "flatImplied";
         switch (prefix) {
             case "flatImplied":
                 return DirectorySink.flat(output, context.basedir().resolve(spec));