commit c229e54a69468722ca2449e807e90445b7479659
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sun Jul 08 21:46:56 2018 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sun Jul 08 21:46:56 2018 +0200
tree b456c037af986e4e663c009ac48a836b31ebcdbf
parent 875cf8789426cc258d85358ea2c86744a5a87b16

patch 8.1.0172: 'viminfofile' option does not behave like a file name

Problem:    'viminfofile' option does not behave like a file name.
Solution:   Add the P_EXPAND flag. (closes #3178)

src/option.c

diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 0cfc39c..6d86183 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -2997,7 +2997,8 @@
 			    {(char_u *)0L, (char_u *)0L}
 #endif
 			    SCRIPTID_INIT},
-    {"viminfofile", "vif",  P_STRING|P_ONECOMMA|P_NODUP|P_SECURE|P_VI_DEF,
+    {"viminfofile", "vif",  P_STRING|P_EXPAND|P_ONECOMMA|P_NODUP
+							    |P_SECURE|P_VI_DEF,
 #ifdef FEAT_VIMINFO
 			    (char_u *)&p_viminfofile, PV_NONE,
 			    {(char_u *)"", (char_u *)0L}

src/version.c

diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 2821a1b..40f3b46 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    172,
+/**/
     171,
 /**/
     170,