[issue23082] pathlib relative_to() can give confusing error message

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> added the comment:

I agree it's worth improving the error message (and probably the docs too).

It's never made clear that relative_to only looks deeper (won't ever generate leading ".." parts) - the closest hint in the docs is that os.path.relpath is different (and that isn't even in the relative_to() section).


Tagging this easy/newcomer friendly. If you'd like to work on it, just post here - I'm happy to help get it merged.

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keywords: +easy, newcomer friendly
nosy: +steve.dower
versions: +Python 3.8, Python 3.9 -Python 3.4

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