This should handle .gitconfig files that specify things like:
[http]
cookieFile = "~/.gitcookies"
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 3 +++
http.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a775ad885a76..d3ef2d3b5d13 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1660,6 +1660,9 @@ http.cookieFile::
in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]).
+ The value of `http.cookieFile` is subject to tilde expansion: `~/` is
+ expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the specified user's
+ home directory.
NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
input unless http.saveCookies is set.
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 4304b80ad3ac..1044f9ba0e28 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int http_options(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
return git_config_string(&http_proxy_authmethod, var, value);
if (!strcmp("http.cookiefile", var))
- return git_config_string(&curl_cookie_file, var, value);
+ return git_config_pathname(&curl_cookie_file, var, value);
if (!strcmp("http.savecookies", var)) {
curl_save_cookies = git_config_bool(var, value);
return 0;
--
2.8.1.340.g018a5d0.dirty
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