Subject: Re: bug#26156: 26.0.50; expand-file-name fails to expand ~ if tramp is loaded and "/" is specified

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:46:55 +0100

[email-masked] writes:

Hi,

> On the most recent version, if tramp is loaded, expand-file-name does
> not expand ~ properly when the second argument is "/". This breaks
> breaks magit-clone, though weirdly, that command only fails if the
> active point is in a dired buffer. To clarify, "~" is absolute (per the
> docstring for file-name-absolute-p), but it is not canonical (per the
> docstring for expand-file-name).

I've pushed a fix to master, could you pls check?

Best regards, Michael.