From d76f7a597e397d327ad46d3124aa98dacd0ff44e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 09:18:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle tilde expansion in cmd_read_only for home
 directories

---
 aider/commands.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
index 0b5272600..69fd6cd47 100644
--- a/aider/commands.py
+++ b/aider/commands.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from pathlib import Path
+from os.path import expanduser
 
 import pyperclip
 from PIL import Image, ImageGrab
@@ -1139,7 +1140,10 @@ class Commands:
 
         filenames = parse_quoted_filenames(args)
         for pattern in filenames:
-            expanded_paths = glob.glob(pattern, recursive=True)
+            # Expand tilde for home directory
+            expanded_pattern = expanduser(pattern)
+            
+            expanded_paths = glob.glob(expanded_pattern, recursive=True)
             if not expanded_paths:
                 self.io.tool_error(f"No matches found for: {pattern}")
                 continue