Treat all return paths of this method as strings (#6017)

* Treat all return paths of this method as strings (with test)

news/6017.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix regression with path installs on most recent release ``2023.11.14``

pipenv/utils/dependencies.py

@@ -667,11 +667,11 @@ def ensure_path_is_relative(file_path):
     # Check if the paths are on different drives
     if abs_path.drive != current_dir.drive:
         # If on different drives, return the absolute path
-        return abs_path
+        return str(abs_path)
 
     try:
         # Try to create a relative path
-        return abs_path.relative_to(current_dir)
+        return str(abs_path.relative_to(current_dir))
     except ValueError:
         # If the direct relative_to fails, manually compute the relative path
         common_parts = 0

tests/integration/test_install_twists.py

@@ -7,6 +7,35 @@
 from pipenv.utils.shell import temp_environ
 
 
+@pytest.mark.extras
+@pytest.mark.install
+@pytest.mark.local
+def test_local_path_issue_6016(pipenv_instance_pypi):
+    with pipenv_instance_pypi() as p:
+        setup_py = os.path.join(p.path, "setup.py")
+        with open(setup_py, "w") as fh:
+            contents = """
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+setup(
+    name='testpipenv',
+    version='0.1',
+    description='Pipenv Test Package',
+    author='Pipenv Test',
+    author_email='test@pipenv.package',
+    license='MIT',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=[],
+    extras_require={'dev': ['six']},
+    zip_safe=False
+)
+            """.strip()
+            fh.write(contents)
+        # project.write_toml({"packages": pipfile, "dev-packages": {}})
+        c = p.pipenv("install .")
+        assert c.returncode == 0
+        assert "testpipenv" in p.lockfile["default"]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.extras
 @pytest.mark.install
 @pytest.mark.local