On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:45:58AM +0200, Øystein Walle wrote: > git_config_string() does not handle '~' and '~user' as part of the > value. Using git_config_pathname() fixes this. Makes sense. Curious if there was a reason we did not use it in the first place, I looked at the history. The reason is that mailmap.file was added in d551a48 (2009-02-08) and git_config_pathname came months later in 395de25 (2009-11-17). Retro-fitting it now should not cause a problem for any sane paths. So: Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> -Peff -- 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