From e307b69dcad491a024f83cc3f2c5baf083007aad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: markrexwinkel <markr@infosupport.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:30:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Fix] Allow absolute paths for volumes on Windows (#510,
 @markrexwinkel)

---
 cmd/util/volumes.go | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/util/volumes.go b/cmd/util/volumes.go
index 9749081f..46fa2a56 100644
--- a/cmd/util/volumes.go
+++ b/cmd/util/volumes.go
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/rancher/k3d/v4/pkg/runtimes"
+	rt "runtime"
+	
+	"github.com/rancher/k3d/v3/pkg/runtimes"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+// ValidateVolumeMount checks, if the source of volume mounts exists and if the destination is an absolute path
+// - SRC: source directory/file -> tests: must exist
+// - DEST: source directory/file -> tests: must be absolute path
 // ValidateVolumeMount checks, if the source of volume mounts exists and if the destination is an absolute path
 // - SRC: source directory/file -> tests: must exist
 // - DEST: source directory/file -> tests: must be absolute path
@@ -40,17 +44,29 @@ func ValidateVolumeMount(runtime runtimes.Runtime, volumeMount string) (string,
 
 	// validate 'SRC[:DEST]' substring
 	split := strings.Split(volumeMount, ":")
+	// a volume mapping can have 3 parts seperated by a ':' followed by a node filter
+	// [SOURCE:]DEST[:OPT[,OPT]][@NODEFILTER[;NODEFILTER...]]
+	// On Windows the source path needs to be an absolute path which means the path starts with
+	// a drive designator and will also have a ':' in it. So for Windows the maxParts is increased by one.
+	maxParts := 3
+	if rt.GOOS == "windows" {
+		maxParts++
+	}
 	if len(split) < 1 {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("No volume/path specified")
 	}
-	if len(split) > 3 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid volume mount '%s': maximal 2 ':' allowed", volumeMount)
+	if len(split) > maxParts {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid volume mount '%s': maximal %d ':' allowed", volumeMount, maxParts - 1)
 	}
 
 	// we only have SRC specified -> DEST = SRC
+	// On windows the first part of the SRC is the drive letter, so we need to concat the first and second parts to get the path.
 	if len(split) == 1 {
 		src = split[0]
 		dest = src
+	} else if rt.GOOS == "windows" {
+		src = split[0] + ":" + split[1]
+		dest = split[2]
 	} else {
 		src = split[0]
 		dest = split[1]