diff --git a/lib/spec/lib/documents_spec.rb b/lib/spec/lib/documents_spec.rb
index 8688a10..95e4431 100644
--- a/lib/spec/lib/documents_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/spec/lib/documents_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
         expect(res[0]).to end_with('/emeritus1.txt')
         expect(res[1]).to eq('emeritus1.txt')
     end
+    it "findpath Person.find('emeritus1') should return same path as path!(file) " do
+        res = ASF::EmeritusFiles.findpath(ASF::Person.find('emeritus1'))
+        expect(res).to be_kind_of(Array)
+        expect(res.size).to eq(2)
+        svnpath = res[0]
+        file = res[1]
+        expect(svnpath).to end_with('/emeritus1.txt')
+        expect(file).to eq('emeritus1.txt')
+        path = ASF::EmeritusFiles.svnpath!(file)
+        expect(path).to eq(svnpath)
+    end
 end
 
 describe ASF::EmeritusReinstatedFiles do
@@ -83,4 +94,15 @@
         expect(res[0]).to end_with('/emeritus4.txt')
         expect(res[1]).to eq('emeritus4.txt')
     end
+    it "findpath Person.find('emeritus4') should return same path as path!(file) " do
+        res = ASF::EmeritusRescindedFiles.findpath(ASF::Person.find('emeritus4'))
+        expect(res).to be_kind_of(Array)
+        expect(res.size).to eq(2)
+        svnpath = res[0]
+        file = res[1]
+        expect(svnpath).to end_with('/emeritus4.txt')
+        expect(file).to eq('emeritus4.txt')
+        path = ASF::EmeritusRescindedFiles.svnpath!(file)
+        expect(path).to eq(svnpath)
+    end
 end
diff --git a/lib/whimsy/asf/documents.rb b/lib/whimsy/asf/documents.rb
index 092fd1e..532bdf7 100644
--- a/lib/whimsy/asf/documents.rb
+++ b/lib/whimsy/asf/documents.rb
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@
       end
     end
 
+    # return the svn path to an arbitrary file
+    def self.svnpath!(file)
+      ASF::SVN.svnpath!(@base, file)
+    end
+
     # Find the svnpath to the file for a person
     # Returns
     # svnpath, filename
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@
       path = file = nil
       file = self.find(person)
       if file
-        path = ASF::SVN.svnpath!(@base, file)
+        path = self.svnpath!(file)
       end
       [path, file]
     end