Uncaught NoSuchPathError in base.py line 236

[daver1958]

Aider version: 0.72.1
Python version: 3.12.8
Platform: Windows-11-10.0.22631-SP0
Python implementation: CPython
Virtual environment: Yes
OS: Windows 11 (64bit)
Git version: git version 2.47.1.windows.1

An uncaught exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "__main__.py", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "main.py", line 453, in main
    git_root = get_git_root()
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "main.py", line 61, in get_git_root
    repo = git.Repo(search_parent_directories=True)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "base.py", line 236, in __init__
    raise NoSuchPathError(epath)
git.exc.NoSuchPathError: F:\$data\python\detect_programs

the path i have is really f:$$data\python\detect_programs. i am guessing thats the issue or its because i am really new to aider.