run test suite without dashed git-commands in PATH

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 51f22088e7e20c6928986cc9597a1ebd5a10807e..37385ce9d338ecbd2556cef9455000784ebab7e5 100644 (file)
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ int git_config_string(const char **dest, const char *var, const char *value)
        return 0;
 }
 
+int git_config_pathname(const char **dest, const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+       if (!value)
+               return config_error_nonbool(var);
+       *dest = expand_user_path(value);
+       if (!*dest)
+               die("Failed to expand user dir in: '%s'", value);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
        /* This needs a better name */
@@ -479,7 +489,7 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
                return git_config_string(&editor_program, var, value);
 
        if (!strcmp(var, "core.excludesfile"))
-               return git_config_string(&excludes_file, var, value);
+               return git_config_pathname(&excludes_file, var, value);
 
        if (!strcmp(var, "core.whitespace")) {
                if (!value)