require 'pathname'

class Pathname

  # Already included in 1.8.4+ version of Ruby
  if not instance_methods.include?(:ascend)

    # Calls the _block_ for every successive parent directory of the
    # directory path until the root (absolute path) or +.+ (relative path)
    # is reached.
    def ascend(inclusive=false,&block) # :yield:
      cur_dir = self
      yield( cur_dir.cleanpath ) if inclusive
      until cur_dir.root? or cur_dir == Pathname.new(".")
        cur_dir = cur_dir.parent
        yield cur_dir
      end
    end

  end

end