diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index c081657be774a70b453f493be11fbfb670452e86..e67c8ef36908c7cb572ebdbed1e21d920b4f547b 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was -found. See below for examples. +found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `{tilde}/` +is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `{tilde}user/` to the specified +user's home directory. See below for examples. Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ Example [include] path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file + path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory Variables ~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/config.c b/config.c index 9ef947e073f487c035d0317572fe3733de8f0ad5..ac69cb62935cfe86fec4b557ad6546366e6b7d70 100644 --- a/config.c +++ b/config.c @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ static int handle_path_include(const char *path, struct config_include_data *inc { int ret = 0; struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; + char *expanded = expand_user_path(path); + + if (!expanded) + return error("Could not expand include path '%s'", path); + path = expanded; /* * Use an absolute path as-is, but interpret relative paths @@ -63,6 +68,7 @@ static int handle_path_include(const char *path, struct config_include_data *inc inc->depth--; } strbuf_release(&buf); + free(expanded); return ret; } diff --git a/t/t1305-config-include.sh b/t/t1305-config-include.sh index 4b1cbaa0284f9b9cc3e29bf5f07b1a6a1f3a283c..a70707620f146d3fce69f77e08cae3a47253f157 100755 --- a/t/t1305-config-include.sh +++ b/t/t1305-config-include.sh @@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ test_expect_success 'chained relative paths' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'include paths get tilde-expansion' ' + echo "[test]one = 1" >one && + echo "[include]path = ~/one" >.gitconfig && + echo 1 >expect && + git config test.one >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_expect_success 'include options can still be examined' ' echo "[test]one = 1" >one && echo "[include]path = one" >.gitconfig &&