Index: clang/lib/Frontend/ModuleDependencyCollector.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang/lib/Frontend/ModuleDependencyCollector.cpp
+++ clang/lib/Frontend/ModuleDependencyCollector.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@
   // Canonicalize src to a native path to avoid mixed separator styles.
   path::native(AbsoluteSrc);
   // Remove redundant leading "./" pieces and consecutive separators.
-  AbsoluteSrc = path::remove_leading_dotslash(AbsoluteSrc);
+  {
+    StringRef DroppedDotSlash = path::remove_leading_dotslash(AbsoluteSrc);
+    if (DroppedDotSlash.begin() != AbsoluteSrc.begin())
+      AbsoluteSrc.erase(AbsoluteSrc.begin(), DroppedDotSlash.begin());
+  }
 
   // Canonicalize the source path by removing "..", "." components.
   SmallString<256> VirtualPath = AbsoluteSrc;
Index: llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallString.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallString.h
+++ llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallString.h
@@ -40,35 +40,15 @@
   template<typename ItTy>
   SmallString(ItTy S, ItTy E) : SmallVector<char, InternalLen>(S, E) {}
 
-  // Note that in order to add new overloads for append & assign, we have to
-  // duplicate the inherited versions so as not to inadvertently hide them.
-
   /// @}
   /// @name String Assignment
   /// @{
 
-  /// Assign from a repeated element.
-  void assign(size_t NumElts, char Elt) {
-    this->SmallVectorImpl<char>::assign(NumElts, Elt);
-  }
-
-  /// Assign from an iterator pair.
-  template<typename in_iter>
-  void assign(in_iter S, in_iter E) {
-    this->clear();
-    SmallVectorImpl<char>::append(S, E);
-  }
+  using SmallVector<char, InternalLen>::assign;
 
   /// Assign from a StringRef.
   void assign(StringRef RHS) {
-    this->clear();
-    SmallVectorImpl<char>::append(RHS.begin(), RHS.end());
-  }
-
-  /// Assign from a SmallVector.
-  void assign(const SmallVectorImpl<char> &RHS) {
-    this->clear();
-    SmallVectorImpl<char>::append(RHS.begin(), RHS.end());
+    SmallVectorImpl<char>::assign(RHS.begin(), RHS.end());
   }
 
   /// Assign from a list of StringRefs.
@@ -81,26 +61,13 @@
   /// @name String Concatenation
   /// @{
 
-  /// Append from an iterator pair.
-  template<typename in_iter>
-  void append(in_iter S, in_iter E) {
-    SmallVectorImpl<char>::append(S, E);
-  }
-
-  void append(size_t NumInputs, char Elt) {
-    SmallVectorImpl<char>::append(NumInputs, Elt);
-  }
+  using SmallVector<char, InternalLen>::append;
 
   /// Append from a StringRef.
   void append(StringRef RHS) {
     SmallVectorImpl<char>::append(RHS.begin(), RHS.end());
   }
 
-  /// Append from a SmallVector.
-  void append(const SmallVectorImpl<char> &RHS) {
-    SmallVectorImpl<char>::append(RHS.begin(), RHS.end());
-  }
-
   /// Append from a list of StringRefs.
   void append(std::initializer_list<StringRef> Refs) {
     size_t SizeNeeded = this->size();
Index: llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h
+++ llvm/include/llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@
     append(IL.begin(), IL.end());
   }
 
+  void append(const SmallVectorImpl &RHS) { append(RHS.begin(), RHS.end()); }
+
   void assign(size_type NumElts, ValueParamT Elt) {
     // Note that Elt could be an internal reference.
     if (NumElts > this->capacity()) {
@@ -698,6 +700,8 @@
     append(IL);
   }
 
+  void assign(const SmallVectorImpl &RHS) { assign(RHS.begin(), RHS.end()); }
+
   iterator erase(const_iterator CI) {
     // Just cast away constness because this is a non-const member function.
     iterator I = const_cast<iterator>(CI);
Index: llvm/lib/Support/FileCollector.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/Support/FileCollector.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/Support/FileCollector.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@
   sys::path::native(AbsoluteSrc);
 
   // Remove redundant leading "./" pieces and consecutive separators.
-  AbsoluteSrc = sys::path::remove_leading_dotslash(AbsoluteSrc);
+  {
+    StringRef DroppedDotSlash = sys::path::remove_leading_dotslash(AbsoluteSrc);
+    if (DroppedDotSlash.begin() != AbsoluteSrc.begin())
+      AbsoluteSrc.erase(AbsoluteSrc.begin(), DroppedDotSlash.begin());
+  }
 
   // Canonicalize the source path by removing "..", "." components.
   SmallString<256> VirtualPath = AbsoluteSrc;
Index: llvm/unittests/ADT/SmallVectorTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/unittests/ADT/SmallVectorTest.cpp
+++ llvm/unittests/ADT/SmallVectorTest.cpp
@@ -485,6 +485,15 @@
   this->assertValuesInOrder(this->theVector, 3u, 1, 7, 7);
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(SmallVectorTest, AppendSmallVector) {
+  SCOPED_TRACE("AppendSmallVector");
+
+  SmallVector<Constructable, 3> otherVector = { 7, 7 };
+  this->theVector.push_back(Constructable(1));
+  this->theVector.append(otherVector);
+  this->assertValuesInOrder(this->theVector, 3u, 1, 7, 7);
+}
+
 // Assign test
 TYPED_TEST(SmallVectorTest, AssignTest) {
   SCOPED_TRACE("AssignTest");
@@ -513,6 +522,15 @@
   this->assertValuesInOrder(this->theVector, 2u, 7, 7);
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(SmallVectorTest, AssignSmallVector) {
+  SCOPED_TRACE("AssignSmallVector");
+
+  SmallVector<Constructable, 3> otherVector = { 7, 7 };
+  this->theVector.push_back(Constructable(1));
+  this->theVector.assign(otherVector);
+  this->assertValuesInOrder(this->theVector, 2u, 7, 7);
+}
+
 // Move-assign test
 TYPED_TEST(SmallVectorTest, MoveAssignTest) {
   SCOPED_TRACE("MoveAssignTest");