include does not resolve ~

[papanito]

I would like to use include as follows

{{- if eq .chezmoi.hostname "myhost" -}}
{{ include "~/.kube/config.prd" }}
{{ else }}
{{ include "~/.kube/config.nop" }}
{{ end }}

However it seems, ~ is not resolved

chezmoi: template: dot_kube/config.tmpl:4:3: executing "dot_kube/config.tmpl" at <include "~/.kube/config.nop">: error calling include: open C:/Users/papanito/.local/share/chezmoi/~/.kube/config.nop: The system cannot find the path specified.

It works if I do this

{{- if eq .chezmoi.hostname "myhost" -}}
{{ include "C:/Users/papanito/.kube/config.prd" }}
{{ else }}
{{ include "C:/Users/papanito/.kube/config.nop" }}
{{ end }}

Am I doing something wrong or is that a bug?

[twpayne]

The ~ character is a valid character in filenames. Many shells, however, do tilde expansion and interpret it as a shortcut for $HOME when interpreting the arguments to a command. Tilde expansion is the responsibility of the shell, not chezmoi. For more information, see #952.

The portable workaround is to use .chezmoi.homeDir, for example:

{{ include (joinPath .chezmoi.homeDir ".kube" "config.prd") }}