From 52ef7cb7f526d2c92fd8483cb981f1f5dc0aebf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sami Samhuri <sami@samhuri.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 20:42:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix tilde user expansion

---
 ruby/shell/word_expander.rb | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ruby/shell/word_expander.rb b/ruby/shell/word_expander.rb
index aaf30a3..ca053f1 100644
--- a/ruby/shell/word_expander.rb
+++ b/ruby/shell/word_expander.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ module Shell
         found_glob_char = word && word =~ /[*?\[]/ # must be unquoted
         # Expand tildes at the beginning of unquoted words.
         if word && at_word_start
-          field.sub!(/^~/, Dir.home)
+          field.sub!(/^~([^\/]*)/) do
+            user = Regexp.last_match(1)
+            user.empty? ? Dir.home : Dir.home(user)
+          rescue ArgumentError
+            "~#{user}"
+          end
         end
         at_word_start = false
         if sep