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[PATCH 1/1] git-config: git-config --list fixed when GIT_CONFIG value starts with ~/

From
0xAX <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 14, 2014, 18:29 UTC
Message-ID
<1415989760-20259-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail@gmail.com>

When we execute git config --list and $GIT_CONFIG value starts with home prefix - ~/ it produces folowing error - fatal: unable to read config file '~/.gitconfig': No such file or directory. This patch fixed it with expand_user_path for configuration file path before git-config --list call.

Signed-off-by: Alex Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmial.com>
Signed-off-by: 0xAX <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/config.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index 7bba516..df1bee0 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -540,6 +540,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (actions == ACTION_LIST) {
 		check_argc(argc, 0, 0);
+		const char* newpath = expand_user_path(given_config_source.file);
+		given_config_source.file = newpath;
 		if (git_config_with_options(show_all_config, NULL,
 					    &given_config_source,
 					    respect_includes) < 0) {
-- 
2.1.3.17.g7fa1365.dirty
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  2. Eric SunshineNov 14, 2014
  3. Jeff KingNov 14, 2014
  4. Alex KuleshovNov 14, 2014
  5. Jeff KingNov 14, 2014
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