Use File.expand_path to expand tildes to users home folder

lib/overcommit/git_config.rb

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def comment_character
  def hooks_path
  path = `git config --get core.hooksPath`.chomp
  return File.join(Overcommit::Utils.git_dir, 'hooks') if path.empty?
-
- File.absolute_path(path, Dir.pwd)
+ q
+ File.absolute_path(File.expand_path(path), Dir.pwd)
  end
  end
 end

spec/overcommit/git_config_spec.rb

@@ -78,5 +78,18 @@
  expect(subject).to eq File.expand_path('my-hooks')
  end
  end
+
+ context 'when explicitly set to a path starting with a tilde' do
+ around do |example|
+ repo do
+ `git config --local core.hooksPath ~/my-hooks`
+ example.run
+ end
+ end
+
+ it 'returns the absolute path to the folder in the users home path' do
+ expect(subject).to eq File.expand_path('~/my-hooks')
+ end
+ end
  end
 end