Re: [PATCH] gitk: expand $config_file_tmp before reporting to user

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 02:31:17PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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Max Kirillov [off-list ref] writes:

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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!

I do what I can. Just noticed s question at SO about it
(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46450479/how-to-remove-the-stale-gitk-tmp-file)
Provided that I was author of the message, it looked like
something for me to fix.

Sound good?

As Junio noticed, it would be more reliable to show full
path, and error message does not have to be very nice
anyway. Also, gitk is already too big and I always feel bad
when adding stuff to it, so let's save couple of lines by
not adding another "if".

-- 
Max