Quote filenames containing '~' in prompts

When in a directory named '~', the default value given by
`read-file-name' should be quoted by prepending '/:', in order to
prevent it from being interpreted as referring to the $HOME
directory (Bug#16984).

* lisp/minibuffer.el (minibuffer-maybe-quote-filename): New function.
(completion--sifn-requote, read-file-name-default): Use it instead of
`minibuffer--double-dollars'.
* test/lisp/files-tests.el (files-test-read-file-in-~): Test it.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/lisp/files-tests.el b/test/lisp/files-tests.el
index 80d5e5befbc..f4ccd5c2044 100644
--- a/test/lisp/files-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/files-tests.el
@@ -220,5 +220,28 @@ form.")
     (should-not yes-or-no-p-prompts)
     (should (equal kill-emacs-args '(nil)))))
 
+(ert-deftest files-test-read-file-in-~ ()
+  "Test file prompting in directory named '~'.
+If we are in a directory named '~', the default value should not
+be $HOME."
+  (cl-letf (((symbol-function 'completing-read)
+             (lambda (_prompt _coll &optional _pred _req init _hist def _)
+               (or def init)))
+            (dir (make-temp-file "read-file-name-test" t)))
+    (unwind-protect
+        (let ((subdir (expand-file-name "./~/")))
+          (make-directory subdir t)
+          (with-temp-buffer
+            (setq default-directory subdir)
+            (should-not (equal
+                         (expand-file-name (read-file-name "File: "))
+                         (expand-file-name "~/")))
+            ;; Don't overquote either!
+            (setq default-directory (concat "/:" subdir))
+            (should-not (equal
+                         (expand-file-name (read-file-name "File: "))
+                         (concat "/:/:" subdir)))))
+      (delete-directory dir 'recursive))))
+
 (provide 'files-tests)
 ;;; files-tests.el ends here