Re: [PATCH] Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template

Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:

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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d1e2120..c37b51d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt

@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
 core.excludesfile::
 	In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
 	'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
-	of files which are not meant to be tracked.  See
+	of files which are not meant to be tracked.  "~" and "~user"
+	are expanded to the user's home directory.  See
 	linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
 core.editor::

It would be nice to have an option to git-config which would do such
expansion, as a separate type similar to --int and --bool, e.g.:

  git config --path section.key

so that not only core.excludesfile could use this new feature, but for
example also core.worktree, commit.template, gitcvs.logfile,
mailmap.file, and perhaps also *.receivepack and *.uploadpack

What should "git config -l" do for these (and core.excludesfile)?