Revert "Reduce complexity here with pathlib"

This reverts commit c58ea38.

pipenv/vendor/pythonfinder/models/path.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     DefaultDict,
     Generator,
     Iterator,
-    Union,
 )
 
 from ..environment import (
@@ -312,28 +311,20 @@ def _setup_pyenv(self) -> SystemPath:
         self._register_finder("pyenv", pyenv_finder)
         return self
 
-    def get_path(self, path: Union[str, Path]) -> Union[PythonFinder, PathEntry]:
+    def get_path(self, path) -> PythonFinder | PathEntry:
         if path is None:
             raise TypeError("A path must be provided in order to generate a path entry.")
-
-        # Convert path to pathlib.Path object if it's a string
-        path = Path(path) if isinstance(path, str) else path
-
-        # Try to get the PathEntry or PythonFinder from the paths dictionary
+        path = ensure_path(path)
         _path = self.paths.get(path)
-
-        # If not found, check if the path exists and is part of the path_order
-        if not _path and str(path) in self.path_order and path.exists():
+        if not _path:
+            _path = self.paths.get(path.as_posix())
+        if not _path and path.as_posix() in self.path_order and path.exists():
             _path = PathEntry.create(
-                path=path.resolve(),  # resolve() method will give the absolute path
-                is_root=True,
-                only_python=self.only_python
+                path=path.absolute(), is_root=True, only_python=self.only_python
             )
-            self.paths[str(path)] = _path  # Store the PathEntry or PythonFinder in paths
-
+            self.paths[path.as_posix()] = _path
         if not _path:
             raise ValueError(f"Path not found or generated: {path!r}")
-
         return _path
 
     def _get_paths(self) -> Generator[PythonFinder | PathEntry, None, None]: