diff --git a/git/0001-msys2-Use-a-copy-of-has_dos_drive_prefix-logic.patch b/git/0001-msys2-Use-a-copy-of-has_dos_drive_prefix-logic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51077f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git/0001-msys2-Use-a-copy-of-has_dos_drive_prefix-logic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 6a2f2505379985d934dfb31a5fbca10a2dfef46e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ray Donnelly <mingw.android@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 16:33:22 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] msys2: Use a copy of has_dos_drive_prefix logic
+
+in git_has_dos_drive_prefix
+---
+ git-compat-util.h | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
+index 693a336..4aaa1e6 100644
+--- a/git-compat-util.h
++++ b/git-compat-util.h
+@@ -332,7 +332,11 @@ extern char *gitdirname(char *);
+ #ifndef has_dos_drive_prefix
+ static inline int git_has_dos_drive_prefix(const char *path)
+ {
++#if defined(__MSYS__)
++	return (isalpha(*(path)) && (path)[1] == ':' ? 2 : 0);
++#else
+ 	return 0;
++#endif
+ }
+ #define has_dos_drive_prefix git_has_dos_drive_prefix
+ #endif
+-- 
+2.7.0
+
diff --git a/git/PKGBUILD b/git/PKGBUILD
index 1e37f589..b410b426 100644
--- a/git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/git/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Maintainer: Alexey Pavlov <alexpux@gmail.com>
+# Contributor: Ray Donnelly <mingw.android@gmail.com>
 
 pkgname=git
-pkgver=2.7.0
+pkgver=2.7.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="The fast distributed version control system"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -46,21 +47,24 @@ source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"::https://github.com/git/git/archive/v${pkg
         1.7.9-cygwin.patch
         git-1.9.0-manifest-msys2.patch
         git-1.8.4-msys2.patch
-        git-2.3.5-mingw-pwd.patch)
-md5sums=('f685d9a1788ad46c8d3ef7ca8f1fcf5f'
-         'c33c9dfa2944a0de9151a7af7a63a27b'
-         'b45a125ce8690fbba4097ee082c7d5b7'
-         '9f9170a30dfb7643df4948cdae5bb864'
-         '18381075d8c134d8c4b03c9a566f40f0')
+        git-2.3.5-mingw-pwd.patch
+        0001-msys2-Use-a-copy-of-has_dos_drive_prefix-logic.patch)
+sha1sums=('78126643bc50c4eb74fa890b484a3db8d288e9c8'
+          'f56f09730fdd42993a4c2a3f8ec9d9a92403de62'
+          'd2811096c317c663cdc4cc7ebb82399e665f9d1e'
+          'ee09010bd11f870a094f329273482212e5e6a57e'
+          'ed864985270646f4a8b38d0678714bd020b24401'
+          'e92024d625026b0278718929fa0da762bd022113')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
 
   rm -f compat/win32/git.manifest compat/win32/resource.rc
-  patch -p2 -i ${srcdir}/1.7.9-cygwin.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/git-1.9.0-manifest-msys2.patch
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/git-1.8.4-msys2.patch
-  patch -p2 -i ${srcdir}/git-2.3.5-mingw-pwd.patch
+  patch -p2 -i "${srcdir}"/1.7.9-cygwin.patch
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/git-1.9.0-manifest-msys2.patch
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/git-1.8.4-msys2.patch
+  patch -p2 -i "${srcdir}"/git-2.3.5-mingw-pwd.patch
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/0001-msys2-Use-a-copy-of-has_dos_drive_prefix-logic.patch
 
   local _arch=
   if [ "${CARCH}" == 'x86_64' ]; then