On OS X, '~' is not expanded properly

[ysgard]

irb(main):055:0> Rugged::Repository.new('/P4GitLab/p4-gitlab')
=> #<Rugged::Repository:70149931928520 {path: "/Users/juytven/P4GitLab/p4-gitlab//P4GitLab/p4-gitlab/.git/"}>
irb(main):056:0> Rugged::Repository.new('/my-repo')
Rugged::OSError: Failed to resolve path '/my-repo': No such file or directory
from (irb):56:in new' from (irb):56 from /Users/juytven/.rbenv/versions/2.1.3/bin/irb:11:in

'
irb(main):057:0> quit

➜ p4-gitlab git:(master) gem list rugged

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

rugged (0.21.2, 0.21.0)
➜ p4-gitlab git:(master) ruby -v
ruby 2.1.3p242 (2014-09-19 revision 47630) [x86_64-darwin14.0]
➜ p4-gitlab git:(master)

[skull-squadron]

~ is a shell-provided convenience, not a real directory.

Easiest solution: Rugged::Repository.new(File.expand_path('~/P4GitLab/p4-gitlab'))

[carlosmn]

It looks like we forgot to close this issue. Indeed the tilde should be expanded by the method that does that, we take the path as-is.