Re: [PATCH] remote-hg: fix path when cloning with tilde expansion

> OK, so clone works, but subsequent fetch from the cloned resoitory
> does not?  "git fetch hg::~/my_repo" will still work but the call to
> "git config" done near the place your patch touches does not store
> "hg::~/my_repo" because it thinks "~/my_repo" refers to
> "./~/my_repo" and tries to come up with an absolute path.  The patch
> tries to notice this case and return without rewriting, so that
> remote.*.url is kept as "hg::~/my_repo".
>
> Assuming that I am following your reasoning so far, I think I can
> agree with the patch (not that my agreement matters that much, as
> you seem to be a lot more familiar with this codepath).
>
> Thanks for explaining.