Ensure --version works with non-ascii project path

changelogs/fragments/66617-version-unicode-fix.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Ensure that ``--version`` works with non-ascii ansible project paths (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66617)

lib/ansible/config/manager.py

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def find_ini_config_file(warnings=None):
             if os.path.exists(cwd_cfg):
                 warn_cmd_public = True
         else:
-            potential_paths.append(cwd_cfg)
+            potential_paths.append(to_text(cwd_cfg, errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
     except OSError:
         # If we can't access cwd, we'll simply skip it as a possible config source
         pass

test/integration/targets/unicode/křížek-ansible-project/ansible.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[defaults]
+library=~/.ansible/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules:.

test/integration/targets/unicode/runme.sh

@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ set -eux
 ansible-playbook unicode.yml -i inventory -v -e 'extra_var=café' "$@"
 # Test the start-at-task flag #9571
 ANSIBLE_HOST_PATTERN_MISMATCH=warning ansible-playbook unicode.yml -i inventory -v --start-at-task '*¶' -e 'start_at_task=True' "$@"
+
+# Test --version works with non-ascii ansible project paths #66617
+# Unset these so values from the project dir are used
+unset ANSIBLE_CONFIG
+unset ANSIBLE_LIBRARY
+pushd křížek-ansible-project && ansible --version; popd