Decided to undo the last change to avoid backward compatibility

inconsistencies (it would have been the right thing to do if it
were done that way from the start, but not now).

options.c

@@ -1368,8 +1368,7 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc, const char ***argv, int frommain)
 				clean_fname(partial_dir, 1);
 			if (!*partial_dir || strcmp(partial_dir, ".") == 0)
 				partial_dir = NULL;
-			else if (*partial_dir != '/'
-			 && check_filter(&filter_list, partial_dir, 1) == 0) {
+			else if (*partial_dir != '/') {
 				parse_rule(&filter_list, partial_dir,
 				    MATCHFLG_NO_PREFIXES|MATCHFLG_DIRECTORY, 0);
 			}