diff --git a/git.py b/git.py
index 22360a09c15ed7fec2eb39947114196d10edc3d4..11f4651720e2344d9b994f500511b213503e3916 100644
--- a/git.py
+++ b/git.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import time
 import yaml
 
-from ammsml.utils.path import unfrackpath
+from ammsml.utils.path import unfrackpath, resolve_path
 
 __all__ = ['gitinfo']
 
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ def gitinfo(path=None):
         # for use in ammsml
         basedir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     else:
-        basedir = unfrackpath(path)
-
-    repo_path = os.path.join(basedir, '.git')
-    print("repo_path", repo_path)
+        basedir = path
+    # print('basedir', basedir)
+    repo_path = unfrackpath(os.path.join(basedir, '.git'))
+    # print("repo_path", repo_path)
     result = _git_repo_info(repo_path)
 
     submodules = os.path.join(basedir, '.gitmodules')
@@ -90,12 +90,16 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     """
     print('Testing Git\n===========')
     print('None', __file__)
+    print('path', __file__)
     print(gitinfo(), '\n---------')
 
-    testdir = unfrackpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'config'))
-    print('path', testdir)
-    print(gitinfo(testdir), '\n---------')
+    testdir1 = resolve_path(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'config'))
+    print('path', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'config'))
+    print('path', testdir1)
+    print(gitinfo(testdir1), '\n---------')
 
-    testdir = unfrackpath(os.path.join(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', '..', 'file_utils')))
-    print('path', testdir)
-    print(gitinfo(testdir), '\n---------')
+    testdir2 = resolve_path(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', '..', 'python', 'file_utils'))
+    print(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    print('path', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', '..', 'python', 'file_utils'))
+    print('path', testdir2)
+    print(gitinfo(testdir2), '\n---------')
diff --git a/path.py b/path.py
index defe961acbfd25d00fe13b0a3bcb135e71f5805e..dbd47ae191fadc2620dd08aa283337c76fee89cf 100644
--- a/path.py
+++ b/path.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def unfrackpath(path, follow=True, basedir=None):
     """
     b_basedir = to_text(basedir)
 
-    if b_basedir is None:
+    if b_basedir == 'None':
         b_basedir = to_text(os.getcwd())
     elif os.path.isfile(b_basedir):
         b_basedir = os.path.dirname(b_basedir)