From 5d60dbd1829d6224b2bbdb1903b97be5cc38cf35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 19:52:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Restore fallback when FastPath.root is empty. Fixes #353.

---
 importlib_metadata/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index e296a2c7..2fd2cc5e 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def joinpath(self, child):
 
     def children(self):
         with suppress(Exception):
-            return os.listdir(self.root or '')
+            return os.listdir(self.root or '.')
         with suppress(Exception):
             return self.zip_children()
         return []

From 046bf480a23c2719ba48d0f7169fb834c5100e05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 19:56:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update changelog. Ref #353.

---
 docs/changelog.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 532ec971..81c9d8a8 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
  importlib_metadata NEWS
 =========================
 
+v2.1.2
+======
+
+* #353: Fixed discovery of distributions when path is empty.
+
 v2.1.1
 ======