diff --git a/graphify/affected.py b/graphify/affected.py
index 0a3cd157b..543772f12 100644
--- a/graphify/affected.py
+++ b/graphify/affected.py
@@ -67,6 +67,31 @@ def _normalize_label(label: str) -> str:
     return unicodedata.normalize("NFC", label).casefold()
 
 
+def _as_repo_relative(query: str) -> str:
+    """Repo-relative form of a path query, for matching a stored `source_file`.
+
+    The graph stores repo-relative paths, so `./src/x.py` and
+    `/abs/repo/src/x.py` name the same file as `src/x.py` and yet matched
+    nothing. `affected` then printed an empty list and exited 0 — a blast-radius
+    tool answering "nothing depends on this" about a file with sixteen
+    dependents, and indistinguishable from a genuine zero or a typo.
+
+    Non-path queries pass through unchanged: `Path("myFunc()").as_posix()` is
+    `"myFunc()"`, so label resolution is untouched. An absolute path rooted
+    outside the repo is left alone — no basename guessing.
+    """
+    path = Path(query)
+    if path.is_absolute():
+        try:
+            return path.relative_to(Path.cwd()).as_posix()
+        except ValueError:
+            # Rooted outside the repo: nothing here can make it repo-relative,
+            # so leave it alone rather than guess at a basename that would match
+            # some unrelated file with the same name.
+            return query
+    return path.as_posix()
+
+
 def _prefer_file_node(
     graph: nx.Graph,
     node_ids: list[str],
@@ -128,15 +153,20 @@ def resolve_seed(graph: nx.Graph, query: str) -> str | None:
     ]
     if len(bare_name_matches) == 1:
         return bare_name_matches[0]
+    # Compare paths in repo-relative form. Only this branch is path-shaped; the
+    # label branches above keep the query verbatim.
+    query_path = _normalize_label(_as_repo_relative(query))
     exact_source_matches = [
         str(node_id)
         for node_id, data in graph.nodes(data=True)
-        if _normalize_label(str(data.get("source_file", ""))) == query_lower
+        if _normalize_label(str(data.get("source_file", ""))) in (query_lower, query_path)
     ]
     if len(exact_source_matches) == 1:
         return exact_source_matches[0]
     if exact_source_matches:
-        preferred_file_node = _prefer_file_node(graph, exact_source_matches, query)
+        preferred_file_node = _prefer_file_node(
+            graph, exact_source_matches, _as_repo_relative(query)
+        )
         if preferred_file_node is not None:
             return preferred_file_node
     contains_matches = [
diff --git a/tests/test_affected_cli.py b/tests/test_affected_cli.py
index ca608b6b3..05798e48b 100644
--- a/tests/test_affected_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_affected_cli.py
@@ -311,3 +311,29 @@ def test_affected_falls_back_to_def_line_when_edge_has_no_location(monkeypatch,
     monkeypatch.setattr(mainmod.sys, "argv", ["graphify", "affected", "target", "--graph", str(gp)])
     mainmod.main()
     assert "a.py:L90" in capsys.readouterr().out
+
+
+def test_affected_resolves_equivalent_path_forms(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """`./x.py`, an absolute path and `x.py` name one file and must resolve alike.
+
+    The graph stores repo-relative `source_file`, and `resolve_seed` compared the
+    query to it as a plain string. `./pkg/foo.py` and `/abs/repo/pkg/foo.py`
+    therefore matched nothing, `affected` printed an empty list and exited 0 — a
+    blast-radius tool reporting "nothing depends on this" about a file with three
+    dependents, and indistinguishable both from a genuine zero and from a typo.
+    """
+    from graphify.affected import resolve_seed
+
+    graph = nx.DiGraph()
+    graph.add_node("target", label="Foo", source_file="pkg/foo.py", source_location="L1")
+    graph.add_node("caller", label="X()", source_file="app.py", source_location="L4")
+    graph.add_edge("caller", "target", relation="calls")
+
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    for query in (
+        "pkg/foo.py",
+        "./pkg/foo.py",
+        str(tmp_path / "pkg" / "foo.py"),
+    ):
+        assert resolve_seed(graph, query) == "target", query
+