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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Failed to initialize repository while the path contains \"~\"","articleBody":"I have tried to initialize a repository using a short path which contains \"~\", a exception be raised:\n\n```\n\u003e\u003e\u003e repo = git.Repo.init(\"~/test.git\", bare=True)\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"\u003cinput\u003e\", line 1, in \u003cmodule\u003e\n  File \".../lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/repo/base.py\", line 657, in init\n    return Repo(path)\n  File \".../lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/repo/base.py\", line 98, in __init__\n    raise NoSuchPathError(epath)\nNoSuchPathError: /home/username/test.git\n```\n\nIf I create the target directory first, it will be another exception:\n\n```\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"\u003cinput\u003e\", line 1, in \u003cmodule\u003e\n  File \".../lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/repo/base.py\", line 657, in init\n    return Repo(path)\n  File \".../lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/repo/base.py\", line 122, in __init__\n    raise InvalidGitRepositoryError(epath)\nInvalidGitRepositoryError: /home/username/test.git\n```\n\nBut while I use the full path without any character `~` instead of, it works.\n\n```\n\u003e\u003e\u003e repo = git.Repo.init(\"/home/username/test.git\", bare=True)\n\u003e\u003e\u003e repo\n\u003cgit.Repo \"/home/username/test.git\"\u003e\n\u003e\u003e\u003e \n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tonyseek","@type":"Person","name":"tonyseek"},"datePublished":"2012-12-10T13:03:21.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/83/GitPython/issues/83"}