Revert "Verify that path is absolute"

This reverts commit c617040.

src/reuse/_config.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from gettext import gettext as _
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 import yaml
@@ -34,9 +33,6 @@ class Config:
         default_factory=dict
     )
 
-    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        self._validate_paths_are_absolute()
-
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, value: Dict[str, Any]) -> "Config":
         """Factory method to create a Config from a dictionary."""
@@ -72,13 +68,6 @@ def from_yaml(cls, text: str) -> "Config":
         """
         return cls.from_dict(yaml.load(text, Loader=yaml.Loader))
 
-    def _validate_paths_are_absolute(self) -> None:
-        for path in self.override_annotate_options:
-            if not Path(path).expanduser().is_absolute():
-                raise ValueError(
-                    _("Path '{}' must be an absolute path.").format(path)
-                )
-
 
 def _annotate_options_from_dict(value: Dict[str, str]) -> AnnotateOptions:
     return AnnotateOptions(

tests/test_config.py

@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@
 """Tests for some _config."""
 
 from inspect import cleandoc
-from pathlib import Path
 
-import pytest
-
-from reuse._config import AnnotateOptions, Config
+from reuse._config import Config
 
 # REUSE-IgnoreStart
 
@@ -49,26 +46,21 @@ def test_config_from_dict_override():
             "default_name": "Jane Doe",
             "overrides": [
                 {
-                    "path": "/foo",
+                    "path": "foo",
                     "default_name": "John Doe",
                 },
                 {
-                    "path": "/bar",
+                    "path": "bar",
                     "default_license": "MIT",
                 },
             ],
         }
     }
     result = Config.from_dict(value)
     assert result.global_annotate_options.name == "Jane Doe"
-    assert result.override_annotate_options["/foo"].name == "John Doe"
-    assert result.override_annotate_options["/bar"].name is None
-    assert result.override_annotate_options["/bar"].license == "MIT"
-
-
-def test_config_only_absolute_path():
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        Config(override_annotate_options={Path("hello"): AnnotateOptions()})
+    assert result.override_annotate_options["foo"].name == "John Doe"
+    assert result.override_annotate_options["bar"].name is None
+    assert result.override_annotate_options["bar"].license == "MIT"
 
 
 def test_config_from_yaml_simple():