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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"git.Repo.clone_from() not working correctly in WSL","articleBody":"I am using GitPython both in windows and WSL and I noticed that paths are not handled coherently between the two (i.e. C:/ vs /mnt/c). It is possible to go around it most of the time using `wslpath` and converting from Windows to WSL and vice versa but it looks that the clone_from() ends up raising an exception regardless if the `to_path` is in WSL format or Windows format.\r\n\r\nSteps to reproduce:\r\n```\r\nfrom pathlib import Path\r\nimport git\r\nimport traceback\r\nimport subprocess\r\n\r\ndef to_windows_path(wsl_path: Path) -\u003e Path:\r\n    \"\"\" Converts a WSL path to windows path - works only if the WSL path actually exists \"\"\"\r\n    wslpath_process = subprocess.run(['wslpath', '-w', wsl_path], text=True, capture_output=True)\r\n    return Path(wslpath_process.stdout.strip())\r\n\r\ntry:\r\n  git.Repo.clone_from('git@github.com:gitpython-developers/GitPython.git', Path.cwd() / 'gitpython')\r\nexcept git.GitCommandError:\r\n  print(traceback.format_exc())\r\n\r\ntry:\r\n  git.Repo.clone_from('git@github.com:gitpython-developers/GitPython.git', to_windows_path(Path.cwd()) / 'gitpython')\r\nexcept git.NoSuchPathError:\r\n  print(traceback.format_exc())\r\n```\r\n\r\nExpected behaviour:\r\nWhen the script is launched from a python instance running on WSL the repo is cloned in `$PWD/gitpython`.\r\n\r\nActual behaviour:\r\n\u003e [if (Path.cwd() / 'gitpython').exists() == False before running the script]\r\n\u003e [git.__version__ == '3.1.40']\r\n\u003e python the_script.py\r\n\r\n\u003e File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/git/repo/base.py:1328, in Repo.clone_from(cls, url, to_path, progress, env, multi_options, allow_unsafe_protocols, allow_unsafe_options, **kwargs)\r\n\u003e    1326 if env is not None:\r\n\u003e    1327     git.update_environment(**env)\r\n\u003e -\u003e 1328 return cls._clone(\r\n\u003e    1329     git,\r\n\u003e    1330     url,\r\n\u003e    1331     to_path,\r\n\u003e    1332     GitCmdObjectDB,\r\n\u003e    1333     progress,\r\n\u003e    1334     multi_options,\r\n\u003e    1335     allow_unsafe_protocols=allow_unsafe_protocols,\r\n\u003e    1336     allow_unsafe_options=allow_unsafe_options,\r\n\u003e    1337     **kwargs,\r\n\u003e    1338 )\r\n\u003e \r\n\u003e File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/git/repo/base.py:1244, in Repo._clone(cls, git, url, path, odb_default_type, progress, multi_options, allow_unsafe_protocols, allow_unsafe_options, **kwargs)\r\n\u003e    1241 if not osp.isabs(path):\r\n\u003e    1242     path = osp.join(git._working_dir, path) if git._working_dir is not None else path\r\n\u003e -\u003e 1244 repo = cls(path, odbt=odbt)\r\n\u003e    1246 # retain env values that were passed to _clone()\r\n\u003e    1247 repo.git.update_environment(**git.environment())\r\n\u003e \r\n\u003e File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/git/repo/base.py:215, in Repo.__init__(self, path, odbt, search_parent_directories, expand_vars)\r\n\u003e     213 if epath is not None:\r\n\u003e     214     if not os.path.exists(epath):\r\n\u003e --\u003e 215         raise NoSuchPathError(epath)\r\n\u003e     217 ## Walk up the path to find the `.git` dir.\r\n\u003e     218 #\r\n\u003e     219 curpath = epath\r\n\u003e NoSuchPathError: /mnt/c/Users/user.name/Documents/C:\\Users\\user.name\\Documents/gitpython","author":{"url":"https://github.com/paolzpk","@type":"Person","name":"paolzpk"},"datePublished":"2024-04-15T15:18:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/1902/GitPython/issues/1902"}