support ~ in rootDir as home directory

cmd/api_serve.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func aptlyAPIServe(cmd *commander.Command, args []string) error {
 	// anything else must fail.
 	// E.g.: Running the service under a different user may lead to a rootDir
 	// that exists but is not usable due to access permissions.
-	err = utils.DirIsAccessible(context.Config().RootDir)
+	err = utils.DirIsAccessible(context.Config().GetRootDir())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

cmd/serve.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func aptlyServe(cmd *commander.Command, args []string) error {
 	// anything else must fail.
 	// E.g.: Running the service under a different user may lead to a rootDir
 	// that exists but is not usable due to access permissions.
-	err = utils.DirIsAccessible(context.Config().RootDir)
+	err = utils.DirIsAccessible(context.Config().GetRootDir())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

context/context.go

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func (context *AptlyContext) DBPath() string {
 
 // DBPath builds path to database
 func (context *AptlyContext) dbPath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(context.config().RootDir, "db")
+	return filepath.Join(context.config().GetRootDir(), "db")
 }
 
 // Database opens and returns current instance of database
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func (context *AptlyContext) GetPublishedStorage(name string) aptly.PublishedSto
 	publishedStorage, ok := context.publishedStorages[name]
 	if !ok {
 		if name == "" {
-			publishedStorage = files.NewPublishedStorage(filepath.Join(context.config().RootDir, "public"), "hardlink", "")
+			publishedStorage = files.NewPublishedStorage(filepath.Join(context.config().GetRootDir(), "public"), "hardlink", "")
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(name, "filesystem:") {
 			params, ok := context.config().FileSystemPublishRoots[name[11:]]
 			if !ok {
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func (context *AptlyContext) GetPublishedStorage(name string) aptly.PublishedSto
 
 // UploadPath builds path to upload storage
 func (context *AptlyContext) UploadPath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(context.Config().RootDir, "upload")
+	return filepath.Join(context.Config().GetRootDir(), "upload")
 }
 
 func (context *AptlyContext) pgpProvider() string {

utils/config.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // ConfigStructure is structure of main configuration
@@ -209,3 +210,8 @@ func SaveConfig(filename string, config *ConfigStructure) error {
 	_, err = f.Write(encoded)
 	return err
 }
+
+// GetRootDir returns the RootDir with expanded ~ as home directory
+func (conf *ConfigStructure) GetRootDir() string {
+	return strings.Replace(conf.RootDir, "~", os.Getenv("HOME"), 1)
+}