1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 51f22088e7..37385ce9d3 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ int git_config_string(const char **dest, const char *var, const char *value)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int git_config_pathname(const char **dest, const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+	if (!value)
+		return config_error_nonbool(var);
+	*dest = expand_user_path(value);
+	if (!*dest)
+		die("Failed to expand user dir in: '%s'", value);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
 	/* This needs a better name */
@@ -479,7 +489,7 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return git_config_string(&editor_program, var, value);
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.excludesfile"))
-		return git_config_string(&excludes_file, var, value);
+		return git_config_pathname(&excludes_file, var, value);
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.whitespace")) {
 		if (!value)