remote: handle -d ERROR

[ghost]

I encountered ERROR: unexpected error - expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not NoneType
when I run command dvc remote add -d tmpremote [a shared Windows drive] at default home directory of my environment.

The issue is gone when I run the same command at my git folder.

EDIT:

More context:

https://discordapp.com/channels/485586884165107732/485596304961962003/669661824190513162

[efiop]

Hi @qwljasmine !

I see that the path you are supplying is //something/dvc_tmp_repo wich doesn't look like a valid path for windows. Could you please use a proper windows path instead and see if that helps?

[ghost]

Hi @qwljasmine !

I see that the path you are supplying is //something/dvc_tmp_repo wich doesn't look like a valid path for windows. Could you please use a proper windows path instead and see if that helps?

Hi @efiop this is the path that my teammate shared to me and as I mentioned I am able to use it when I execute the command at my git directory. So I guess I am not able to try out another kind of path since that is the only path I have. Thanks

[shcheklein]

... it also looks like no matter if that path is correct or not we have some strange behavior with that exception.

[efiop]

@qwljasmine sorry for the delay. Could you try removing the leading / and see if that helps? Though I think it will still fail, because you are using posix path on windows machine. Is your colleague running linux or mac?

[ghost]

@efiop removing the leading / can run. My colleague is running windows 10

[efiop]

@qwljasmine So / helped and now it works as expected? Is the issue resolved(except that we could indeed present it better)?

[shcheklein]

@efiop I think the problem is that certain command line options combination leads to this unhandled properly exception "ERROR: unexpected error - expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not NoneType".

[efiop]

@shcheklein It is a problem (i've mentioned "except that we could indeed present it better"), but not the core problem. Just checking if the core problem is resolved or not.

[shcheklein]

@efiop ah, yeah. It looks like it was from the Discord discussion. Not 100% sure though.

[efiop]

Closing as stale. The general "unexpected error" is a topic for a separate discussion.