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

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 5, 2021, 19:01 UTC
Message-ID: <YJLrm0nqWL6TnUFb@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAEumJaA7NBm9Kdx7aCD1gavGguLmGcnvFcA52YvUk7g_FPzHZw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 09:59:58PM +0300, Theodor Negrescu wrote:

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> You're right, "notepad ~/test.txt" doesn't work either.
> I figured out a workaround:
> [alias]
>     cfg = "!git config --file $(echo ~)/git-settings/.gitconfig "
> However what confuses me is that I also have
> [core]
>     hooksPath = ~/git-settings/hooks
> and that ~ works. So why doesn't it work in config --file?

Some config options that refer to paths specifically expand "~", exactly because there is no shell involved when Git reads them.

-Peff