From c669007a68bbecd8708fa0ed943ba90eee9b7e01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giuseppe Penone <giuspen@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:15:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] linux support path links starting with ~/ (#2149)

---
 src/ct/ct_filesystem.cc |  9 +++++++++
 src/ct/ct_filesystem.h  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ct/ct_filesystem.cc b/src/ct/ct_filesystem.cc
index 0ca29a6ef..c40c00dbf 100644
--- a/src/ct/ct_filesystem.cc
+++ b/src/ct/ct_filesystem.cc
@@ -610,4 +610,13 @@ std::string path::string_unix() const
     return str::replace(_path, CtConst::CHAR_BSLASH, CtConst::CHAR_SLASH);
 }
 
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+void path::_replaceStartingTilde()
+{
+    if (str::startswith(_path, "~/")) {
+        _path = Glib::get_home_dir() + _path.substr(1);
+    }
+}
+#endif // !_WIN32
+
 } // namespace fs
diff --git a/src/ct/ct_filesystem.h b/src/ct/ct_filesystem.h
index b1fc38479..57a096575 100644
--- a/src/ct/ct_filesystem.h
+++ b/src/ct/ct_filesystem.h
@@ -128,10 +128,22 @@ class path
     }
 
     path() = default;
-    path(std::string p) : _path(std::move(p)) {}
-    path(const char* cpath) : _path(cpath) {}
+    path(std::string p) : _path{std::move(p)} {
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+        _replaceStartingTilde();
+#endif // !_WIN32
+    }
+    path(const char* cpath) : _path{cpath} {
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+        _replaceStartingTilde();
+#endif // !_WIN32
+    }
     template<typename ITERATOR_T>
-    path(ITERATOR_T begin, ITERATOR_T end) : _path(begin, end) {}
+    path(ITERATOR_T begin, ITERATOR_T end) : _path{begin, end} {
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+        _replaceStartingTilde();
+#endif // !_WIN32
+    }
     ~path() = default;
 
     void swap(path& other) noexcept {
@@ -139,7 +151,13 @@ class path
         swap(*this, other);
     }
 
-    path& operator=(std::string other) { _path = other; return *this; }
+    path& operator=(std::string other) {
+        _path = other;
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+        _replaceStartingTilde();
+#endif // !_WIN32
+        return *this;
+    }
     path& operator=(const char* other) { return operator=(std::string(other)); }
 
     friend path operator/(const path& lhs, const path& rhs) {
@@ -180,6 +198,9 @@ class path
 
 private:
     std::string _path;
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    void _replaceStartingTilde();
+#endif // !_WIN32
 };
 
 } // namespace fs