Fix nextflow info -d parsing in LocalWorkflow and preserve local_path path semantics

nf_core/pipelines/list.py

@@ -410,9 +410,10 @@ def get_local_nf_workflow_details(self):
                 result = nf_core.utils.run_cmd("nextflow", f"info -d {self.full_name}")
                 if result is not None:
                     nfinfo_raw, _ = result
+                    nfinfo_str = nfinfo_raw.decode()
                     re_patterns = {"repository": r"repository\s*: (.*)", "local_path": r"local path\s*: (.*)"}
                     for key, pattern in re_patterns.items():
-                        m = re.search(pattern, str(nfinfo_raw))
+                        m = re.search(pattern, nfinfo_str)
                         if m:
                             value = Path(m.group(1)) if key == "local_path" else m.group(1)
                             if key == "local_path":

tests/pipelines/test_list.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase, mock
 
+import git
 import pytest
 from rich.console import Console
 
@@ -163,6 +164,19 @@ def hexsha(self):
 
         assert local_wf.commit_sha is None
 
+    @mock.patch("git.Repo", side_effect=git.InvalidGitRepositoryError("invalid repo"))
+    @mock.patch("nf_core.utils.run_cmd")
+    def test_local_workflow_details_decodes_bytes_to_parse_path(self, mock_run_cmd, mock_repo):
+        local_wf = nf_core.pipelines.list.LocalWorkflow("nf-core/rnaseq")
+        mock_run_cmd.return_value = (
+            b"local path  : /tmp/.nextflow/assets/nf-core/rnaseq\nrepository  : https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq\n",
+            b"",
+        )
+
+        local_wf.get_local_nf_workflow_details()
+        assert local_wf.repository == "https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq"
+        assert local_wf.local_path == Path("/tmp/.nextflow/assets/nf-core/rnaseq")
+
     @mock.patch.object(nf_core.pipelines.list.LocalWorkflow, "get_local_nf_workflow_details", autospec=True)
     def test_get_local_wf_does_not_scan_unrelated_repos(self, mock_get_local_details):
         atacseq_path = self.tmp_nxf / "nf-core" / "atacseq"