commit 00136dc321586800986e8f743c2f108f5eecbf92
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Wed Jul 25 21:19:13 2018 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Wed Jul 25 21:19:13 2018 +0200
tree ad111932cd38d2914c866d4b45c3d84585fc81e1
parent 6f8d2ac6f1f8a4b971a4c9b27f9250288198f3bb

patch 8.1.0211: expanding a file name "~" results in $HOME

Problem:    Expanding a file name "~" results in $HOME. (Aidan Shafran)
Solution:   Change "~" to "./~" before expanding. (closes #3072)

src/testdir/test_expand.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_expand.vim b/src/testdir/test_expand.vim
index c099eda..b4f1363 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_expand.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_expand.vim
@@ -39,3 +39,11 @@
   call delete('Xdir ~ dir', 'd')
   call assert_false(isdirectory('Xdir ~ dir'))
 endfunc
+
+func Test_expand_tilde_filename()
+  split ~
+  call assert_equal('~', expand('%')) 
+  call assert_notequal(expand('%:p'), expand('~/'))
+  call assert_match('\~', expand('%:p')) 
+  bwipe!
+endfunc