From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:46:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mingw: handle absolute paths in expand_user_path()
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1811081645280.39@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmuqj7hiv.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > But now I have a really crazy idea: how about ~~/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt?
> > The `~` prefix is *already* a reserved character,...
> 
> We would need to prepare for a future where we need yet another
> special thing to be expanded, and it will quickly become cryptic if
> you said "~/ is HOME, ~USER/ is USER's HOME, ~~/ is runtime prefix,
> and ~~~/ is this new thing...".  ~runtime_prefix~/ (i.e. carve out
> the namespace for USERNAME by reserving any names that ends with a
> tilde) may be a viable way to do this, though.   It is just as good
> as your other idea, <runtime_prefix>, in an earlier message.

Indeed. Your "cryptic" matches my "unintuitive".

Ciao,
Dscho