From 2f9fd6de082aaa707ed9a81ee5c6b035be770d8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Pope <code@tpope.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:55:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix :V* commands when file isn't found

---
 autoload/pathogen.vim | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/autoload/pathogen.vim b/autoload/pathogen.vim
index 3accbe6..173d988 100644
--- a/autoload/pathogen.vim
+++ b/autoload/pathogen.vim
@@ -177,7 +177,12 @@ command! -bar Helptags :call pathogen#helptags()
 " Like findfile(), but hardcoded to use the runtimepath.
 function! pathogen#runtime_findfile(file,count) "{{{1
   let rtp = pathogen#join(1,pathogen#split(&rtp))
-  return fnamemodify(findfile(a:file,rtp,a:count),':p')
+  let file = findfile(a:file,rtp,a:count)
+  if file ==# ''
+    return ''
+  else
+    return fnamemodify(file,':p')
+  endif
 endfunction " }}}1
 
 " Backport of fnameescape().