From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1CDE1F453 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2018 15:47:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727188AbeKIBXF (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2018 20:23:05 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:33149 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726774AbeKIBXF (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2018 20:23:05 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.129] ([37.201.193.149]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MK3bN-1gJxhg0n5B-001U1u; Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:46:53 +0100 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 16:46:51 +0100 (STD) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@gitforwindows.org To: Junio C Hamano cc: Jeff King , Johannes Sixt , Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mingw: handle absolute paths in expand_user_path() In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <2287dd96cf0b9e9e250fdf92a32dcf666510e67d.1541515994.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> <20181107204142.GA30078@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20181107220320.GA8970@sigill.intra.peff.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Kz1ghOwK/HxLUe/T/+uO9VEw2QO4F6Ro8LyETgifjmn9nv1jKy0 4MJCL6SYI+aGwXuhoKDerr5KKFfrIQ2o5X7Xocpwf/Ol24j0asaLhXrwXPQxMJmuotpB3QO 5ZRWUzWBHOgfM92vlaECN8R9JMi6k7BN7F3xueeK64ilb4mn22wV77pmVUJAWFfBra51yqi 4gYR6OVP2HYI1aBPCYr8g== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:8RuahFWYdZg=:wkASTIHYDV5i8ISyNa0k8f TzmikE7nGFgAo8mCkqcxWM4hiXbzhAT3jDfy262NQhrhjiGkiYOdQ2vFuNxF/K+YZwPIM2rCX V8Mk4gdpNgt9BybkMzW5mwww8dLRPSJQ2Mg+1nRQBlVRn3ZeiLT6TX3nhpsrnx9y7e+nhUR9/ dOu6iYHWtas0tucDU+hTomLnCQT7VHFcfSIneHW+kSN9ECSiLnblYKyO9YG5SkKdkrBqQzwas IqI9trb5x0A9zTS3N1fNVPRJK2XKxx0pqi95C4fIILQ9rVWOoMEPcusjb/Wawkcsn+4FgsQgE O4heH7gBMEMJrIklIxCy2EcmbEmT04fnQJLpxpDTwxyQd4+a/ca9Pxc1M8fc1RUoWIleTVRBf uPOqbJ/myyKHRFyj0B67rEx9w9d7fCyIevJzPRYonCytzrdDi5NpRPWKi4jZ4Bv2/bMYefW1J fHsfA4TY3SVYHK+KRbp9J6wLTRFS9wAgY2LYsZ5mE0YUrrjsIed5E0cmnJj3sn3/fQC9vzNBN mY+G1fZjZ5suMP5gAFt5LE7EMstWcsF3P2T+iPmXE6z/OPiByxdidZOd10n90TbM21UbJDZEO IUVhnNFPxIGtg5W3uuTAlCF+5pI19If2c2bOyAtK6YVaNOKo69csbqibFok+/bDZOzM80I1vb uTcUgSnsOLmMio/KGa1JWhulRu9aJpAJEs1SLufIyc9ApiKjv7kIfTmKkinnBe8k3Tr5WTu09 5L2MMi0j6oFTxmInkWkFPlkYvWx/goFjaxqT4DiB0Ku5KNXkXu0NFNpTEYf0+EPDZSFNxKzEX fwJd7MA/tqTUnSK6ugo/DWhXVyZFNsXOeHejZkeEiAZ7VpDsOhKWdHhUArX5w1GV89hydBMPV BSaw+3ncH7kH14fPdmIj6hsXzwEokC7KPtU0PMSqGgub3Ve2TYpB6KQVT5ssjO1JsPvTp9coA fAhm6REB3Jg== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Junio, On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin 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, , in an earlier message. Indeed. Your "cryptic" matches my "unintuitive". Ciao, Dscho