Max Kirillov <m...@max630.net> 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
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.
I somehow find this change just robbing Peter to pay Paul.
> } else {
> - error_popup "There appears to be a stale $config_file_tmp\
> + error_popup "There appears to be a stale \
> + \"[file nativename $config_file_tmp]\" \
