1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/core/string/node_path.cpp b/core/string/node_path.cpp
index d3afa7b4dd..7ab85ac9d0 100644
--- a/core/string/node_path.cpp
+++ b/core/string/node_path.cpp
@@ -240,19 +240,26 @@ NodePath NodePath::rel_path_to(const NodePath &p_np) const {
 	common_parent--;
 
 	Vector<StringName> relpath;
+	relpath.resize(src_dirs.size() + dst_dirs.size() + 1);
 
-	for (int i = src_dirs.size() - 1; i > common_parent; i--) {
-		relpath.push_back("..");
+	StringName *relpath_ptr = relpath.ptrw();
+
+	int path_size = 0;
+	StringName back_str("..");
+	for (int i = common_parent + 1; i < src_dirs.size(); i++) {
+		relpath_ptr[path_size++] = back_str;
 	}
 
 	for (int i = common_parent + 1; i < dst_dirs.size(); i++) {
-		relpath.push_back(dst_dirs[i]);
+		relpath_ptr[path_size++] = dst_dirs[i];
 	}
 
-	if (relpath.size() == 0) {
-		relpath.push_back(".");
+	if (path_size == 0) {
+		relpath_ptr[path_size++] = ".";
 	}
 
+	relpath.resize(path_size);
+
 	return NodePath(relpath, p_np.get_subnames(), false);
 }
 
@@ -286,12 +293,12 @@ void NodePath::simplify() {
 			break;
 		}
 		if (data->path[i].operator String() == ".") {
-			data->path.remove(i);
+			data->path.remove_at(i);
 			i--;
 		} else if (i > 0 && data->path[i].operator String() == ".." && data->path[i - 1].operator String() != "." && data->path[i - 1].operator String() != "..") {
 			//remove both
-			data->path.remove(i - 1);
-			data->path.remove(i - 1);
+			data->path.remove_at(i - 1);
+			data->path.remove_at(i - 1);
 			i -= 2;
 			if (data->path.size() == 0) {
 				data->path.push_back(".");