From f20ea35fd76591bd9d1310edce943e59d062b147 2017-09-25 20:09:00
From: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2017-09-25 20:09:00
Subject: [PATCH] Check from venv path length before doing path manipulation.

Closes #10823

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diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index 1d537e8..6052508 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         # In Cygwin paths like "c:\..." and '\cygdrive\c\...' are possible
         if p_venv.startswith('\\cygdrive'):
             p_venv = p_venv[11:]
-        elif p_venv[1] == ':':
+        elif len(p_venv) >= 2 and p_venv[1] == ':':
             p_venv = p_venv[2:]
 
         if any(p_venv in p for p in paths):