From 6b403f81f6805f0a443d4ca4247349fde00403fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Jain <dominik.jain@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:31:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Avoid passing relative_path='.' to plugin (not
 canonicalised)

---
 src/serena/tools/jetbrains_tools.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/serena/tools/jetbrains_tools.py b/src/serena/tools/jetbrains_tools.py
index e103854b..e2b84e6e 100644
--- a/src/serena/tools/jetbrains_tools.py
+++ b/src/serena/tools/jetbrains_tools.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class JetBrainsFindSymbolTool(Tool, ToolMarkerSymbolicRead, ToolMarkerOptional):
             -1 means the default value from the config will be used.
         :return: JSON string: a list of symbols (with locations) matching the name.
         """
+        if relative_path == ".":
+            relative_path = None
         with JetBrainsPluginClient.from_project(self.project) as client:
             response_dict = client.find_symbol(
                 name_path=name_path_pattern,