It apperas that this is not possible with 1.7.0: # ~/.gitconfig [sendemail] aliasesfile = $HOME/.mailrc => opening $HOME/.mailrc: No such file or directory ls -la $HOME/.mailrc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2008-05-31 11:08 /home/foo/.mailrc -> vc/git/shell-account-common/.mailrc Neither seems to be "~/.mailrc" accpeted. Please add support for at least tilde(~). Jari -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html