From dbf5919badd2e88dc49cf40ebb3083c2381e3626 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Davis <matteius@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:56:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Treat all return paths of this method as strings

---
 pipenv/utils/dependencies.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pipenv/utils/dependencies.py b/pipenv/utils/dependencies.py
index 05cc9cbf9..10cae818b 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils/dependencies.py
+++ b/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

From 1fc4b3237bfdc3f7a4edd8eb47879837994d0f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Davis <matteius@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:05:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add some TDD

---
 tests/integration/test_install_twists.py | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/integration/test_install_twists.py b/tests/integration/test_install_twists.py
index 4bb250180..4979a06ef 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_install_twists.py
+++ b/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

From 616da99081993acf038468e25ccc7af6a76c1dd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Davis <matteius@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:07:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add news fragment

---
 news/6017.bugfix.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 news/6017.bugfix.rst

diff --git a/news/6017.bugfix.rst b/news/6017.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b13de4078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/6017.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix regression with path installs on most recent release ``2023.11.14``