Fixed base directory initialization

- The base directory is sometimes defined with a leading '/' that is not supported by the FTP server.
This change tries to access the base directory without the leading '/'
- If the base directory does not exist then we create it.

Author: oliviermartin

git-ftp.py

@@ -145,7 +145,18 @@ def main():
             raise FtpSslNotSupported("Python is too old for FTP SSL. Try using Python 2.7 or later.")
     else:
         ftp = ftplib.FTP(options.ftp.hostname, options.ftp.username, options.ftp.password)
-    ftp.cwd(base)
+    try:
+        ftp.cwd(base)
+    except ftplib.error_perm:
+        if base[0] == '/':
+            try:
+                ftp.cwd(base[1:])
+            except ftplib.error_perm:
+                ftp.mwd(base[1:])
+                ftp.cwd(base[1:])
+        else:
+            ftp.mkd(base)
+            ftp.cwd(base)
 
     # Check revision
     hash = options.revision