I've added a local directory to my system path. When I import it, it's fine but when I do
import local_repo
print(local_repo.__file__)
it returns None.
How do I get it to return the path...
P.S. When I try this with other modules works fine - returns the path - for example
import pathlib
print(pathlib.__file__)
>>>> "C:\Python38\lib\pathlib.py"
__file__ is None because there is no file for your package. You've made a namespace package, and those aren't even supposed to correspond to a specific directory, let alone a file - they're designed for a very specialized use case that doesn't match what you're doing.
If you want a regular package, with a non-None __file__ and all, you should give it an __init__.py file. __file__ will then be the path to the package's __init__.py.