Hi Junio, On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > But now I have a really crazy idea: how about ~~/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt? > > The `~` prefix is *already* a reserved character,... > > We would need to prepare for a future where we need yet another > special thing to be expanded, and it will quickly become cryptic if > you said "~/ is HOME, ~USER/ is USER's HOME, ~~/ is runtime prefix, > and ~~~/ is this new thing...". ~runtime_prefix~/ (i.e. carve out > the namespace for USERNAME by reserving any names that ends with a > tilde) may be a viable way to do this, though. It is just as good > as your other idea, <runtime_prefix>, in an earlier message. Indeed. Your "cryptic" matches my "unintuitive". Ciao, Dscho
