Re: [PATCH] patman: expand user home when looking for the alias file

Hi Otavio,

+Brian Norris

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 at 09:47, Otavio Salvador otavio@ossystems.com.br wrote:

This allows the use of git aliases files relative to the user home, without using the full path to the file.

Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador otavio@ossystems.com.br

tools/patman/gitutil.py | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/patman/gitutil.py b/tools/patman/gitutil.py index 5e4c1128dcb..172de4aae59 100644 --- a/tools/patman/gitutil.py +++ b/tools/patman/gitutil.py @@ -616,8 +616,13 @@ def GetAliasFile(): """ fname = command.OutputOneLine('git', 'config', 'sendemail.aliasesfile', raise_on_error=False)

• if fname:

•    fname = os.path.join(GetTopLevel(), fname.strip())
  

•    fname = fname.strip()
  

•    if fname.startswith("~/"):
  

•        fname = fname.replace("~", os.path.expanduser('~'), 1)
  

•    fname = os.path.join(GetTopLevel(), fname)
  

• return fname

def GetDefaultUserName():

2.34.1

Brian (on cc) sent a similar patch. Could you please take a look at it and see what is missing for your case?

Regards, Simon