From 4782f36b9c66f888af6265815b53eeedf148f090 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonatan Pettersson <jonatan.pettersson@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:54:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Expand tilde in location path

---
 src/tab.rs | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tab.rs b/src/tab.rs
index d8ad922..4f1c67f 100644
--- a/src/tab.rs
+++ b/src/tab.rs
@@ -1489,6 +1489,7 @@ impl Location {
     }
 
     pub fn with_path(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Self {
+        let path = Self::expand_tilde(path);
         match self {
             Self::Desktop(_, display, desktop_config) => {
                 Self::Desktop(path, display.clone(), *desktop_config)
@@ -1562,6 +1563,22 @@ impl Location {
             Self::Network(display_name, ..) => display_name.clone(),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Expand a path that starts with "~" with the
+    /// user's home directory
+    pub fn expand_tilde(path: PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
+        let mut components = path.components();
+        match components.next() {
+            Some(std::path::Component::Normal(os_str)) if os_str == "~" => {
+                if let Some(home) = dirs::home_dir() {
+                    home.join(components.as_path())
+                } else {
+                    path
+                }
+            }
+            _ => path,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct TaskWrapper(pub cosmic::Task<Message>);