From 78597091b04a6b5e00903aace98cf18888ac64d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kate Case <kcase@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:54:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update abs_path to always return str

---
 src/molecule/command/base.py        |  2 +-
 src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py | 17 +++++++----------
 src/molecule/util.py                |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/molecule/command/base.py b/src/molecule/command/base.py
index dbad14d6b..029468337 100644
--- a/src/molecule/command/base.py
+++ b/src/molecule/command/base.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def get_configs(
     scenario_paths = filter_ignored_scenarios(scenario_paths)
     configs = [
         config.Config(
-            molecule_file=util.abs_path(c),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            molecule_file=util.abs_path(c),
             args=args,
             command_args=command_args,
             ansible_args=ansible_args,
diff --git a/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py b/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
index ddb259203..3d68da93f 100644
--- a/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
+++ b/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 from ansible_compat.ports import cached_property
@@ -520,8 +521,8 @@ def default_env(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]  # noqa: ANN201, D102
             os.environ,
             {
                 "ANSIBLE_CONFIG": self._config.provisioner.config_file,
-                "ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH": ":".join(roles_path_list),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                self._config.ansible_collections_path: ":".join(collections_path_list),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                "ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH": ":".join(roles_path_list),
+                self._config.ansible_collections_path: ":".join(collections_path_list),
                 "ANSIBLE_LIBRARY": ":".join(self._get_modules_directories()),
                 "ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS": ":".join(
                     self._get_filter_plugins_directories(),
@@ -804,17 +805,13 @@ def _add_or_update_vars(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]  # noqa: ANN202
                 vars_target = self.group_vars
 
             if vars_target:
-                target_vars_directory = os.path.join(  # noqa: PTH118
-                    self.inventory_directory,
-                    target,
-                )
-
-                if not os.path.isdir(util.abs_path(target_vars_directory)):  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # noqa: PTH112
-                    os.mkdir(util.abs_path(target_vars_directory))  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # noqa: PTH102
+                target_vars_directory = Path(util.abs_path(Path(self.inventory_directory) / target))
+                if not target_vars_directory.is_dir():
+                    target_vars_directory.mkdir()
 
                 for target in vars_target:  # noqa: PLW2901
                     target_var_content = vars_target[target]
-                    path = os.path.join(util.abs_path(target_vars_directory), target)  # type: ignore[arg-type]  # noqa: PTH118
+                    path = target_vars_directory / target
                     util.write_file(path, util.safe_dump(target_var_content))
 
     def _write_inventory(self):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]  # noqa: ANN202
diff --git a/src/molecule/util.py b/src/molecule/util.py
index 356c2d930..0470c61a5 100644
--- a/src/molecule/util.py
+++ b/src/molecule/util.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ def filter_verbose_permutation(options: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return {k: options[k] for k in options if not re.match("^[v]+$", k)}
 
 
-def abs_path(path: str | Path | None) -> str | None:
+def abs_path(path: str | Path | None) -> str:
     """Return absolute path.
 
     Args:
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ def abs_path(path: str | Path | None) -> str | None:
             path = Path(path)
 
         return str(path.resolve())
-    return None
+    return ""
 
 
 def merge_dicts(a: _T, b: _T) -> _T: