From fc79d938efd83268970339635cfaa00ce2540bc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@qt.io>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:40:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] RemoteLinux: Fix deployment to root directory

Skip mkdir in this case.

Fixes: QTCREATORBUG-29597
Change-Id: I716e2703e3599a71306a9126e0a627a519398937
Reviewed-by: <github-actions-qt-creator@cristianadam.eu>
Reviewed-by: Jarek Kobus <jaroslaw.kobus@qt.io>
---
 src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
index 317b08bb77c..e32129fd299 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ GroupItem RsyncDeployStep::mkdirTask()
 {
     const auto setupHandler = [this](Process &process) {
         QStringList remoteDirs;
-        for (const FileToTransfer &file : std::as_const(m_files))
-            remoteDirs << file.m_target.parentDir().path();
+        for (const FileToTransfer &file : std::as_const(m_files)) {
+            const QString parentDir = file.m_target.parentDir().path();
+            if (!parentDir.isEmpty())
+                remoteDirs << parentDir;
+        }
+        if (remoteDirs.isEmpty())
+            return SetupResult::StopWithDone;
         remoteDirs.sort();
         remoteDirs.removeDuplicates();
         process.setCommand({deviceConfiguration()->filePath("mkdir"),
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@ GroupItem RsyncDeployStep::mkdirTask()
         connect(&process, &Process::readyReadStandardError, this, [this, proc = &process] {
             handleStdErrData(QString::fromLocal8Bit(proc->readAllRawStandardError()));
         });
+        return SetupResult::Continue;
     };
     const auto errorHandler = [this](const Process &process) {
         QString finalMessage = process.errorString();