*: Handle paths starting with ~Username

internal/path_util/path_util.go

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package path_util
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func ReplaceTildeWithHome(path string) (string, error) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "~") {
+		firstSlash := strings.Index(path, "/")
+		if firstSlash == 1 {
+			home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+			if err != nil {
+				return path, err
+			}
+			return strings.Replace(path, "~", home, 1), nil
+		} else if firstSlash > 1 {
+			username := path[1:firstSlash]
+			userAccount, err := user.Lookup(username)
+			if err != nil {
+				return path, err
+			}
+			return strings.Replace(path, path[:firstSlash], userAccount.HomeDir, 1), nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return path, nil
+}

plumbing/format/gitignore/dir.go

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"os/user"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/internal/path_util"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/config"
 	gioutil "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/utils/ioutil"
 )
@@ -27,21 +27,7 @@ const (
 // readIgnoreFile reads a specific git ignore file.
 func readIgnoreFile(fs billy.Filesystem, path []string, ignoreFile string) (ps []Pattern, err error) {
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(ignoreFile, "~") {
-		firstSlash := strings.Index(ignoreFile, "/")
-		if firstSlash == 1 {
-			home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-			if err == nil {
-				ignoreFile = strings.Replace(ignoreFile, "~", home, 1)
-			}
-		} else if firstSlash > 1 {
-			username := ignoreFile[1:firstSlash]
-			userAccount, err := user.Lookup(username)
-			if err == nil {
-				ignoreFile = strings.Replace(ignoreFile, ignoreFile[:firstSlash], userAccount.HomeDir, 1)
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	ignoreFile, _ = path_util.ReplaceTildeWithHome(ignoreFile)
 
 	f, err := fs.Open(fs.Join(append(path, ignoreFile)...))
 	if err == nil {

repository.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/util"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/internal/path_util"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/internal/revision"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/cache"
@@ -322,16 +323,13 @@ func PlainOpenWithOptions(path string, o *PlainOpenOptions) (*Repository, error)
 }
 
 func dotGitToOSFilesystems(path string, detect bool) (dot, wt billy.Filesystem, err error) {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(path, "~/") {
-		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
-		path = filepath.Join(home, path[2:])
-	} else {
-		if path, err = filepath.Abs(path); err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
+	path, err = path_util.ReplaceTildeWithHome(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if path, err = filepath.Abs(path); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
 	var fs billy.Filesystem

repository_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -551,11 +552,19 @@ func (s *RepositorySuite) TestPlainOpenTildePath(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(r, NotNil)
 
-	path := strings.Replace(dir, strings.Split(dir, ".tmp")[0], "~/", 1)
-
-	r, err = PlainOpen(path)
+	currentUser, err := user.Current()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(r, NotNil)
+	// remove domain for windows
+	username := currentUser.Username[strings.Index(currentUser.Username, "\\")+1:]
+
+	homes := []string{"~/", "~" + username + "/"}
+	for _, home := range homes {
+		path := strings.Replace(dir, strings.Split(dir, ".tmp")[0], home, 1)
+
+		r, err = PlainOpen(path)
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		c.Assert(r, NotNil)
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *RepositorySuite) TestPlainOpenBare(c *C) {