WIP CLI

util/util.go

@@ -98,3 +98,8 @@ func ParsePriority(priority string) (int, error) {
 		return 0, errInvalidPriority
 	}
 }
+
+// ExpandHome replaces "~" with the user's home directory
+func ExpandHome(path string) string {
+	return os.ExpandEnv(strings.ReplaceAll(path, "~", "$HOME"))
+}

util/util_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package util
 import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -54,3 +55,11 @@ func TestInStringList(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, InStringList(s, "two"))
 	require.False(t, InStringList(s, "three"))
 }
+
+func TestExpandHome_WithTilde(t *testing.T) {
+	require.Equal(t, os.Getenv("HOME")+"/this/is/a/path", ExpandHome("~/this/is/a/path"))
+}
+
+func TestExpandHome_NoTilde(t *testing.T) {
+	require.Equal(t, "/this/is/an/absolute/path", ExpandHome("/this/is/an/absolute/path"))
+}