Hi Junio, On Thu, 28 Sep 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Max Kirillov <max@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > >> Tilda-based path may confise some users. First, tilda is not known > >> for Window users, second, it may point to unexpected location > >> depending on various environment setup. > >> > >> Expand the path to "nativename", so that ~/.config/git/gitk-tmp > >> would be "C:\Users\user\.config\git\gitk-tmp", for example. > >> It should be less cryptic Thanks, Max, for your contribution! > > It might be less cryptic, but for those of us whose $HOME is a > > looooooong path, ~/.config/git/gitk-tmp is much easier to understand > > than the same path with ~/ expanded, which would push the part of > > the filename that most matters far to the right hand side of the > > dialog. Heh, do you want to know how that must sound to a Windows user? I'm not saying that I am a hard-core Windows user, but I do know a few, and I already hear their comments in their own voice in my head... > > I somehow find this change just robbing Peter to pay Paul. > > Having said that, because a set-up might have HOME or XDG_CONFIG or > other things misconfigured to point at a place where the end user > may not be expecting, I tend to think that catering to Paul by > showing the information closer to the bare metal is much more worthy > thing to do than keeping Peter happy. Since this is an error path, > accuracy trumps convenience. > > So no objection from me (unless somebody else comes up with an > alternative that would make both camps happy, that is). To Unix/Linux users, the tilde (or Tilda, I really like that nickname, it makes it much more human and tolerable) is probably *very* familiar. As familiar, as it is unfamiliar to Windows users. So I would actually suggest to make this a conditional on the platform: on Windows, use the native name, everywhere else, not. Sound good? Johannes
