def _ancestry(path):
    """
    Given a path with elements separated by
    posixpath.sep, generate all elements of that path

    >>> list(_ancestry('b/d'))
    ['b/d', 'b']
    >>> list(_ancestry('/b/d/'))
    ['/b/d', '/b']
    >>> list(_ancestry('b/d/f/'))
    ['b/d/f', 'b/d', 'b']
    >>> list(_ancestry('b'))
    ['b']
    >>> list(_ancestry(''))
    []
    """
    path = path.rstrip(posixpath.sep)
    while path and path != posixpath.sep:
        yield path
        path, tail = posixpath.split(path)

    Given a path with elements separated by
    posixpath.sep, generate all elements of that path

    >>> list(_ancestry('b/d'))
    ['b/d', 'b']
    >>> list(_ancestry('/b/d/'))
    ['/b/d', '/b']
    >>> list(_ancestry('b/d/f/'))
    ['b/d/f', 'b/d', 'b']
    >>> list(_ancestry('b'))
    ['b']
    >>> list(_ancestry(''))
    []
    
product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pkg_resources/_vendor/zipp.py