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`_pygit2.GitError` to resolve local repo on Windows platform

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Description

Hello team, I'm using pygit2 to do some fetch operations. The source repo is a local one in the format of file://C:/repopath
, It works pretty fine on Linux and MacOS, But on Windows it raises

_pygit2.GitError: failed to resolve path 'file://C:/repopath': The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I searched pygit2 and libgit2 but found no issues related to this. As a temporary solution, I just removed the file:// prefix and it works but I would like to know if there are any more elegant ways to solve this.

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No source files or tests are named. Start by reproducing the fetch on Windows with the local file://C:/repopath URL and compare it with the Linux and macOS behavior described. Done means the documented or corrected local-repository URL handling works on Windows without the reported path-syntax error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, python
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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