Index: includes/common.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.756.2.96
diff -u -F '^f' -r1.756.2.96 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	11 Aug 2010 20:35:47 -0000	1.756.2.96
+++ includes/common.inc	22 Aug 2010 17:03:31 -0000
@@ -1880,15 +1880,15 @@ function drupal_get_css($css = NULL) {
             // If a CSS file is not to be preprocessed and it's a module CSS file, it needs to *always* appear at the *top*,
             // regardless of whether preprocessing is on or off.
             if (!$preprocess && $type == 'module') {
-              $no_module_preprocess .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. base_path() . $file . $query_string .'" />'."\n";
+              $no_module_preprocess .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. file_create_url($file) . $query_string .'" />'."\n";
             }
             // If a CSS file is not to be preprocessed and it's a theme CSS file, it needs to *always* appear at the *bottom*,
             // regardless of whether preprocessing is on or off.
             else if (!$preprocess && $type == 'theme') {
-              $no_theme_preprocess .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. base_path() . $file . $query_string .'" />'."\n";
+              $no_theme_preprocess .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. file_create_url($file) . $query_string .'" />'."\n";
             }
             else {
-              $output .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. base_path() . $file . $query_string .'" />'."\n";
+              $output .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. file_create_url($file) . $query_string .'" />'."\n";
             }
           }
         }
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ function drupal_get_css($css = NULL) {
       // starting with "ad*".
       $filename = 'css_'. md5(serialize($types) . $query_string) .'.css';
       $preprocess_file = drupal_build_css_cache($types, $filename);
-      $output .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. base_path() . $preprocess_file .'" />'."\n";
+      $output .= '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="'. $media .'" href="'. file_create_url($preprocess_file) .'" />'."\n";
     }
   }
 
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ function drupal_get_js($scope = 'header'
         // Additionally, go through any remaining scripts if JS preprocessing is on and output the non-cached ones.
         foreach ($data as $path => $info) {
           if (!$info['preprocess'] || !$is_writable || !$preprocess_js) {
-            $no_preprocess[$type] .= '<script type="text/javascript"'. ($info['defer'] ? ' defer="defer"' : '') .' src="'. base_path() . $path . ($info['cache'] ? $query_string : '?'. time()) ."\"></script>\n";
+            $no_preprocess[$type] .= '<script type="text/javascript"'. ($info['defer'] ? ' defer="defer"' : '') .' src="'. file_create_url($path) . ($info['cache'] ? $query_string : '?'. time()) ."\"></script>\n";
           }
           else {
             $files[$path] = $info;
@@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ function drupal_get_js($scope = 'header'
     // starting with "ad*".
     $filename = 'js_'. md5(serialize($files) . $query_string) .'.js';
     $preprocess_file = drupal_build_js_cache($files, $filename);
-    $preprocessed .= '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. base_path() . $preprocess_file .'"></script>'."\n";
+    $preprocessed .= '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. file_create_url($preprocess_file) .'"></script>'."\n";
   }
 
   // Keep the order of JS files consistent as some are preprocessed and others are not.
Index: includes/file.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/file.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.121.2.13
diff -u -F '^f' -r1.121.2.13 file.inc
--- includes/file.inc	11 Aug 2010 17:40:55 -0000	1.121.2.13
+++ includes/file.inc	22 Aug 2010 17:03:35 -0000
@@ -35,19 +35,52 @@
 /**
  * Create the download path to a file.
  *
- * @param $path A string containing the path of the file to generate URL for.
- * @return A string containing a URL that can be used to download the file.
+ * There are two kinds of local files:
+ * - "created files", i.e. those in the files directory (which is stored in
+ *   the file_directory_path variable and can be retrieved using
+ *   file_directory_path()). These are files that have either been uploaded by
+ *   users or were generated automatically (for example through CSS
+ *   aggregation).
+ * - "shipped files", i.e. those outside of the files directory, which ship as
+ *   part of Drupal core or contributed modules or themes.
+ *
+ * @param $path
+ *   A string containing the Drupal path (i.e. path relative to the Drupal
+ *   root directory) of the file to generate the URL for.
+ * @return
+ *   A string containing a URL that can be used to access the file.
  */
 function file_create_url($path) {
-  // Strip file_directory_path from $path. We only include relative paths in urls.
-  if (strpos($path, file_directory_path() .'/') === 0) {
-    $path = trim(substr($path, strlen(file_directory_path())), '\\/');
-  }
-  switch (variable_get('file_downloads', FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC)) {
-    case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC:
-      return $GLOBALS['base_url'] .'/'. file_directory_path() .'/'. str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
-    case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PRIVATE:
-      return url('system/files/'. $path, array('absolute' => TRUE));
+  // Clean up Windows paths.
+  $old_path = $path = str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
+
+  drupal_alter('file_url', $path);
+
+  // Return path if it was altered by any module, or if it already is a
+  // root-relative or a protocol-relative URL.
+  if ($path != $old_path || drupal_substr($path, 0, 1) == '/' || drupal_substr($path, 0, 2) == '//') {
+    return $path;
+  }
+
+  // Shipped files.
+  if (preg_match("#^(/?)(misc|modules|sites|themes)/#i", $path) && (strpos($path, file_directory_path() . '/') !== 0)) {
+    return base_path() . $path;
+  }
+  // Created files.
+  else {
+    switch (variable_get('file_downloads', FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC)) {
+      case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PUBLIC:
+        return $GLOBALS['base_url'] . '/' . $path;
+      case FILE_DOWNLOADS_PRIVATE:
+        // Strip file_directory_path from $path. Private downloads' URLs are
+        // rewritten to be served relatively to system/files (which is a menu
+        // callback that streams the file) instead of relatively to the file
+        // directory path.
+        if (strpos($path, file_directory_path() . '/') === 0) {
+          $path = trim(substr($path, strlen(file_directory_path())), '\\/');
+        }
+        return url('system/files/' . $path, array('absolute' => TRUE));
+    }
   }
 }
 
Index: includes/form.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/form.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.265.2.34
diff -u -F '^f' -r1.265.2.34 form.inc
--- includes/form.inc	6 Aug 2010 11:02:49 -0000	1.265.2.34
+++ includes/form.inc	22 Aug 2010 17:03:38 -0000
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ function theme_image_button($element) {
     (!empty($element['#value']) ? ('value="'. check_plain($element['#value']) .'" ') : '') .
     'id="'. $element['#id'] .'" '.
     drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) .
-    ' src="'. base_path() . $element['#src'] .'" '.
+    ' src="'. file_create_url($element['#src']) .'" '.
     (!empty($element['#title']) ? 'alt="'. check_plain($element['#title']) .'" title="'. check_plain($element['#title']) .'" ' : '' ) .
     "/>\n";
 }
Index: includes/theme.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/theme.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.415.2.27
diff -u -F '^f' -r1.415.2.27 theme.inc
--- includes/theme.inc	1 Mar 2010 10:02:01 -0000	1.415.2.27
+++ includes/theme.inc	22 Aug 2010 17:03:39 -0000
@@ -1020,24 +1020,24 @@ function theme_get_setting($setting_name
 
     if ($settings['toggle_logo']) {
       if ($settings['default_logo']) {
-        $settings['logo'] = base_path() . dirname($theme_object->filename) .'/logo.png';
+        $settings['logo'] = file_create_url(dirname($theme_object->filename) .'/logo.png');
       }
       elseif ($settings['logo_path']) {
-        $settings['logo'] = base_path() . $settings['logo_path'];
+        $settings['logo'] = file_create_url($settings['logo_path']);
       }
     }
 
     if ($settings['toggle_favicon']) {
       if ($settings['default_favicon']) {
         if (file_exists($favicon = dirname($theme_object->filename) .'/favicon.ico')) {
-          $settings['favicon'] = base_path() . $favicon;
+          $settings['favicon'] = file_create_url($favicon);
         }
         else {
-          $settings['favicon'] = base_path() .'misc/favicon.ico';
+          $settings['favicon'] = file_create_url('misc/favicon.ico');
         }
       }
       elseif ($settings['favicon_path']) {
-        $settings['favicon'] = base_path() . $settings['favicon_path'];
+        $settings['favicon'] = file_create_url($settings['favicon_path']);
       }
       else {
         $settings['toggle_favicon'] = FALSE;
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ function theme_links($links, $attributes
 function theme_image($path, $alt = '', $title = '', $attributes = NULL, $getsize = TRUE) {
   if (!$getsize || (is_file($path) && (list($width, $height, $type, $image_attributes) = @getimagesize($path)))) {
     $attributes = drupal_attributes($attributes);
-    $url = (url($path) == $path) ? $path : (base_path() . $path);
+    $url = (url($path) == $path) ? $path : file_create_url($path);
     return '<img src="'. check_url($url) .'" alt="'. check_plain($alt) .'" title="'. check_plain($title) .'" '. (isset($image_attributes) ? $image_attributes : '') . $attributes .' />';
   }
 }
Index: themes/garland/template.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/themes/garland/template.php,v
retrieving revision 1.16.2.3
diff -u -F '^f' -r1.16.2.3 template.php
--- themes/garland/template.php	11 May 2010 09:41:22 -0000	1.16.2.3
+++ themes/garland/template.php	22 Aug 2010 17:03:40 -0000
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ function phptemplate_node_submitted($nod
 function phptemplate_get_ie_styles() {
   global $language;
 
-  $iecss = '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="'. base_path() . path_to_theme() .'/fix-ie.css" />';
+  $iecss = '<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="'. file_create_url(path_to_theme() .'/fix-ie.css') . ' />';
   if ($language->direction == LANGUAGE_RTL) {
-    $iecss .= '<style type="text/css" media="all">@import "'. base_path() . path_to_theme() .'/fix-ie-rtl.css";</style>';
+    $iecss .= '<style type="text/css" media="all">@import "'. file_create_url(path_to_theme() .'/fix-ie-rtl.css') . '";</style>';
   }
 
   return $iecss;