Cannot use template hosted in Azure Devops Git

[cakriwut]

Describe the problem

Azure Devops git repository is published in following url https://{organization}@dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project-name}/_git/{repo-name} . Unlike other git repo that ends with .git , the Azure Devops git repository doesnt end with .git.

When I run following command
copier copy https://{organization}@dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project-name}/_git/{repo-name} sample

it always throws following exception ValueError: Local template must be a directory.

Template

# Project options
team_project:
  type: str
  help: |
    The name of the Azure DevOps project where the pipelines will be created.
    This is the name of the project, not the organization , not the name of the repository.

project_name:
  type: str
  help: "What is your project name"

_message_after_copy: |
  Your project "{{ project_name }}" has been created successfully!

  Next steps:
  1. cd {{ project_name }}
  2. Read the README.md file and update it with your project information
  3. Run 'python -m venv venv' to create a virtual environment and activate it
  4. Run 'pip install -r requirements.txt' to install the project dependencies
  5. Start coding!

_message_after_update: |
    Your project "{{ project_name }}" has been updated successfully!
    In case there are any conflicts, please resolve them. Then,
    you're done.

_tasks:
  # OS-specific task (supported values are "linux", "macos", "windows" and `None`)
  - command: find docs -type f -name "*.md" ! -name "Readme.md" -exec rm {} +
    when: "{{ _copier_conf.os in  ['linux', 'macos'] }}"
  - command: for %i in (docs\*.md) do @if /i not "%~nxi"=="Readme.md" del "%i"
    when: "{{ _copier_conf.os == 'windows' }}"

To Reproduce

copier copy https://{organization}@dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project-name}/_git/{repo-name} sample

Logs

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "...\Python\Python39\lib\runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "...\Python\Python39\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "....local\bin\copier.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\plumbum\cli\application.py", line 640, in run
    inst, retcode = subapp.run(argv, exit=False)
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\plumbum\cli\application.py", line 635, in run
    retcode = inst.main(*tailargs)
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\cli.py", line 281, in main
    return _handle_exceptions(inner)
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\cli.py", line 70, in _handle_exceptions
    method()
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\cli.py", line 279, in inner
    worker.run_copy()
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\main.py", line 237, in __exit__
    raise value
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\cli.py", line 279, in inner
    worker.run_copy()
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\main.py", line 832, in run_copy
    self._print_message(self.template.message_before_copy)
  File "...\Python\Python39\lib\functools.py", line 993, in __get__
    val = self.func(instance)
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\template.py", line 352, in message_before_copy
    return self.config_data.get("message_before_copy", "")
  File "...\Python\Python39\lib\functools.py", line 993, in __get__
    val = self.func(instance)
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\template.py", line 300, in config_data
    result = filter_config(self._raw_config)[0]
  File "...\Python\Python39\lib\functools.py", line 993, in __get__
    val = self.func(instance)
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\template.py", line 257, in _raw_config
    for p in self.local_abspath.glob("copier.*")
  File "...\Python\Python39\lib\functools.py", line 993, in __get__
    val = self.func(instance)
  File "...pipx\venvs\copier\lib\site-packages\copier\template.py", line 559, in local_abspath
    raise ValueError("Local template must be a directory.")
ValueError: Local template must be a directory.

Expected behavior

Should works.
I can clone the repo and do copier cloned_path target_path

Screenshots/screencasts/logs

No response

Operating system

Windows

Operating system distribution and version

Windows 11

Copier version

copier 9.4.1

Python version

Python 3.9.13

Installation method

pipx+pypi

Additional context

pipx

[laenan8466]

I use this workaround:

copier copy git+https://{organization}@dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project-name}/_git/{repo-name} sample

or

copier copy git+ssh.dev.azure.com:v3/{organization}/{project-name}/{repo-name} sample

I would agree, that copier should detect the 'normal' url of Azure DevOps, without the git+ addition.

[yajo]

It's not a workaround. It's just the way to do it! Thanks ❤