+cat >expect <<\EOF
+[path]
+ home = ~/
+ normal = /dev/null
+ trailingtilde = foo~
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'set --path' '
+ git config --path path.home "~/" &&
+ git config --path path.normal "/dev/null" &&
+ git config --path path.trailingtilde "foo~" &&
+ test_cmp expect .git/config'
+
+if test "${HOME+set}"
+then
+ test_set_prereq HOMEVAR
+fi
+
+cat >expect <<EOF
+$HOME/
+/dev/null
+foo~
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success HOMEVAR 'get --path' '
+ git config --get --path path.home > result &&
+ git config --get --path path.normal >> result &&
+ git config --get --path path.trailingtilde >> result &&
+ test_cmp expect result
+'
+
+cat >expect <<\EOF
+/dev/null
+foo~
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'get --path copes with unset $HOME' '
+ (
+ unset HOME;
+ test_must_fail git config --get --path path.home \
+ >result 2>msg &&
+ git config --get --path path.normal >>result &&
+ git config --get --path path.trailingtilde >>result
+ ) &&
+ grep "[Ff]ailed to expand.*~/" msg &&
+ test_cmp expect result
+'
+
+rm .git/config
+