From 914af9a0cf51c9a3f74aa88d952bee8334c67511 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:53:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Expand paths in `--plugin-dirs` (fix
 0f593dca9fa995d88eb763170a932da61c8f24dc) (#11334)

Authored by: bashonly
---
 yt_dlp/__init__.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 419090b9a..9b3bd4acd 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
 
     # HACK: Set the plugin dirs early on
     # TODO(coletdjnz): remove when plugin globals system is implemented
-    Config._plugin_dirs = opts.plugin_dirs
+    if opts.plugin_dirs is not None:
+        Config._plugin_dirs = list(map(expand_path, opts.plugin_dirs))
 
     # Dump user agent
     if opts.dump_user_agent: