ensurepath creates double entries in the path

[floatingpurr]

Hi guys, I run into a potential problem w/ the command

$ pipx ensurepath

More context:

• OS: macOS Catalina 10.15.2
• Shell: zsh 5.7.1

Describe the bug
When I run ensurepath the path $HOME/.local/bin is inserted twice both in .zshrc and in .zprofile

Then, my path is polluted with doubled entries

<other_stuff>:/Users/myuser/.local/bin:/Users/myuser/.local/bin

How to reproduce

$ python -m pip install pipx
$ pipx ensurepath

Expected behavior
Just one entry of /Users/myuser/.local/bin should be added to the path.

[ciarancourtney]

Same on Windows 10

[ralish]

Saw the same with several dozen entries in my system PATH being duplicated into my user PATH.

The cause is actually a bug in the userpath library used by pipx. I've opened an issue here:
ofek/userpath#23

EDIT: Above only applies to Windows, but a similar bug may be present in the equivalent Unix handling within the same library.

[ofek]

@ciarancourtney @ralish Windows is fixed in 1.4.0 (see ofek/userpath#24)

The OP's issue is different ofek/userpath#3 (comment)

[ralish]

Confirming this is fixed (on Windows) with userpath 1.4.0. Thanks @ofek!

[floatingpurr]

Not fixed for macOS

[dukecat0]

@floatingpurr Do you still encounter this issue?

[floatingpurr]

Hi @meowmeowmeowcat. To be honest, off the top of my head, I can't remember. Next time I'll check it out. However, this is an old issue. I guess that if anybody has experienced something similar anymore, everything should be fine now. I'm gonna close it for now. Thanx for asking.

[floatingpurr]

Ok, just tried. When I run ensurepath, an entry like the following one:

# Created by `pipx` on 2022-09-02 09:58:37
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/floatingpurr/.local/bin"

is appended to both .zshrc and .zprofile.

Why do we need the export command repeated in .zprofile?

[dukecat0]

See ofek/userpath#3 (comment)