Allow Pathlike paths when creating a git repo

Author: George-Ogden

git/repo/base.py

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         epath = epath or path or os.getcwd()
         if not isinstance(epath, str):
-            epath = str(epath)
+            epath = epath.__fspath__()
         if expand_vars and re.search(self.re_envvars, epath):
             warnings.warn(
                 "The use of environment variables in paths is deprecated"

test/test_repo.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under the
 # 3-Clause BSD License: https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 import gc
 import glob
 import io
@@ -105,6 +106,18 @@ def test_repo_creation_pathlib(self, rw_repo):
         r_from_gitdir = Repo(pathlib.Path(rw_repo.git_dir))
         self.assertEqual(r_from_gitdir.git_dir, rw_repo.git_dir)
 
+    @with_rw_repo("0.3.2.1")
+    def test_repo_creation_pathlike(self, rw_repo):
+        @dataclass
+        class PathLikeMock:
+            path: str
+
+            def __fspath__(self) -> str:
+                return self.path
+
+        r_from_gitdir = Repo(PathLikeMock(rw_repo.git_dir))
+        self.assertEqual(r_from_gitdir.git_dir, rw_repo.git_dir)
+
     def test_description(self):
         txt = "Test repository"
         self.rorepo.description = txt