1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index a79b2da44..84f8d7752 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -1533,5 +1533,27 @@ void LocalStore::createUser(const std::string & userName, uid_t userId)
     }
 }
 
+static bool isNonUriPath(const std::string & spec) {
+    return
+        // is not a URL
+        spec.find("://") == std::string::npos
+        // Has at least one path separator, and so isn't a single word that
+        // might be special like "auto"
+        && spec.find("/") != std::string::npos;
+}
+
+static RegisterStoreImplementation regStore([](
+    const std::string & uri, const Store::Params & params)
+    -> std::shared_ptr<Store>
+{
+    Store::Params params2 = params;
+    if (uri == "local") {
+    } else if (isNonUriPath(uri)) {
+        params2["root"] = absPath(uri);
+    } else {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    return std::shared_ptr<Store>(std::make_shared<LocalStore>(params2));
+});
 
 }