From db8034f12ecda624ce9f2adf3aa47ef40a12626c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 11:42:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Escape leading tilde char when "~" or with -R.

---
 options.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index a60ff515..e7a9fcae 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -2492,12 +2492,17 @@ char *safe_arg(const char *opt, const char *arg)
 	BOOL is_filename_arg = !opt;
 	char *escapes = is_filename_arg ? SHELL_CHARS : WILD_CHARS SHELL_CHARS;
 	BOOL escape_leading_dash = is_filename_arg && *arg == '-';
+	BOOL escape_leading_tilde = 0;
 	int len1 = opt && *opt ? strlen(opt) + 1 : 0;
 	int len2 = strlen(arg);
 	int extras = escape_leading_dash ? 2 : 0;
 	char *ret;
 	if (!protect_args && old_style_args < 2 && (!old_style_args || (!is_filename_arg && opt != SPLIT_ARG_WHEN_OLD))) {
 		const char *f;
+		if (!old_style_args && *arg == '~' && (relative_paths || !strchr(arg, '/'))) {
+			extras++;
+			escape_leading_tilde = 1;
+		}
 		for (f = arg; *f; f++) {
 			if (strchr(escapes, *f))
 				extras++;
@@ -2520,6 +2525,8 @@ char *safe_arg(const char *opt, const char *arg)
 	else {
 		const char *f = arg;
 		char *t = ret + len1;
+		if (escape_leading_tilde)
+			*t++ = '\\';
 		while (*f) {
                         if (*f == '\\') {
 				if (!is_filename_arg || !strchr(WILD_CHARS, f[1]))
-- 
2.47.2