Re: BUG: Git path --config doesn't work with ~ symbol

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 5, 2021, 18:14 UTC
Message-ID: <YJLgmXS/fJm1BQb4@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAEumJaDRvU8LP=q3PQ1z6-cg75DmbHE_7OXZVA+nm=-77pVLEg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 09:06:12PM +0300, Theodor Negrescu wrote:

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> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> 
> I ran the command "git config --file ~/git-settings/.gitconfig -l"
> (git-settings is a repo where I keep my config, the global one is just
> an include)
> 
> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> 
> It would list the settings in the file.
> 
> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> 
> fatal: unable to read config file '~/git-settings/.gitconfig': No such
> file or directory
> 
> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
> 
> The ~ symbol should point to my home folder.

I don't think this is a bug in git-config. It is generally the shell that is responsible for expanding "~" and passing along the result to commands. E.g.:

  $ strace -e execve git config --file ~/foo --list
  execve("/home/peff/local/git/current/bin/git", ["git", "config", "--file", "/home/peff/foo", "--list"], 0x7ffc10a88130 /* 55 vars */) = 0

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> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.31.1.windows.1
> cpu: x86_64
> built from commit: c5f0be26a7e3846e3b6268d1c6c4800d838c6bbb
> sizeof-long: 4
> sizeof-size_t: 8
> shell-path: /bin/sh
> feature: fsmonitor--daemon
> uname: Windows 10.0 19042
> compiler info: gnuc: 10.2
> libc info: no libc information available
> $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): <unset>

I'd guess this might be related to Windows somehow. Are you entering the command in a bash shell, or via some other mechanism?

-Peff