From c08d0baa88839020caa7e9372fb286f100d56fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Trllo <43494761+iLLiCiTiT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:57:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] simplify split

---
 client/ayon_core/pipeline/template_data.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/template_data.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/template_data.py
index 2c5346f14b..c7aa46fd62 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/template_data.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/template_data.py
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ def get_folder_template_data(folder_entity, project_name):
     """
 
     path = folder_entity["path"]
-    parents = path.split("/")
-    # Remove empty string from the beginning
-    parents.pop(0)
+    # Remove empty string from the beginning and split by '/'
+    parents = path.lstrip("/").split("/")
     # Remove last part which is folder name
     folder_name = parents.pop(-1)
     hierarchy = "/".join(parents)