* Return a string with ~ and ~user expanded via getpw*. If buf != NULL,
* then it is a newly allocated string. Returns NULL on getpw failure or
* if path is NULL.
+ *
+ * If real_home is true, real_path($HOME) is used in the expansion.
*/
-char *expand_user_path(const char *path)
+char *expand_user_path(const char *path, int real_home)
{
struct strbuf user_path = STRBUF_INIT;
const char *to_copy = path;
const char *home = getenv("HOME");
if (!home)
goto return_null;
- strbuf_addstr(&user_path, home);
+ if (real_home)
+ strbuf_addstr(&user_path, real_path(home));
+ else
+ strbuf_addstr(&user_path, home);
#ifdef GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE
convert_slashes(user_path.buf);
#endif
strbuf_add(&validated_path, path, len);
if (used_path.buf[0] == '~') {
- char *newpath = expand_user_path(used_path.buf);
+ char *newpath = expand_user_path(used_path.buf, 0);
if (!newpath)
return NULL;
strbuf_attach(&used_path, newpath, strlen(newpath),