diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 51f22088e7e20c6928986cc9597a1ebd5a10807e..37385ce9d338ecbd2556cef9455000784ebab7e5 100644 (file)
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
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 */
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)