Commit: patch 9.2.0367: runtime(netrw): ~ note expanded on MS Windows

[Christian Brabandt]

patch 9.2.0367: runtime(netrw): ~ note expanded on MS Windows

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/723c0acf2535c87a5b7be0284e7379e071a1d610
Author: Yasuhiro Matsumoto <matt...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun Apr 19 20:38:35 2026 +0000

patch 9.2.0367: runtime(netrw): ~ note expanded on MS Windows

Problem: runtime(netrw): ~ note expanded on MS Windows
(Tom Vamvanij)
Solution: Expand ~ on MS Windows (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)

On Windows, ":Explore ~" did nothing because the tilde expansion was
gated to Unix/Cygwin only. Additionally, substitute() interprets
backslashes in the replacement string specially (e.g. \U as a case
modifier), which would corrupt $HOME values like C:\Users
ame even
if the branch were taken.

Include has("win32") in the guard, anchor the pattern to the start of
the string, and escape backslashes, ampersands and tildes in $HOME
before substituting.

fixes: #20003
closes: #20014

Signed-off-by: Yasuhiro Matsumoto <matt...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <c...@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim
index 0e6fe6cea..e3028cb28 100644
--- a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim
+++ b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
" 2026 Apr 01 by Vim Project use fnameescape() with netrw#FileUrlEdit()
" 2026 Apr 05 by Vim Project Fix netrw#RFC2396() #19913
" 2026 Apr 15 by Vim Project Add missing escape()
+" 2026 Apr 19 by Vim Project expand ~ on Windows #20003
" Copyright: Copyright (C) 2016 Charles E. Campbell {{{1
" Permission is hereby granted to use and distribute this code,
" with or without modifications, provided that this copyright
@@ -530,8 +531,8 @@ function netrw#Explore(indx,dosplit,style,...)
NetrwKeepj norm! 0

if a:0 > 0
- if a:1 =~ '^\~' && (has("unix") || g:netrw_cygwin)
- let dirname= simplify(substitute(a:1,'\~',expand("$HOME"),''))
+ if a:1 =~ '^\~' && (has("unix") || has("win32") || g:netrw_cygwin)
+ let dirname= simplify(substitute(a:1,'^\~',escape(expand("$HOME"),'\&~'),''))
elseif a:1 == '.'
let dirname= simplify(exists("b:netrw_curdir")? b:netrw_curdir : getcwd())
if dirname !~ '/$'
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_plugin_netrw.vim b/src/testdir/test_plugin_netrw.vim
index b23467092..6ee731d88 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_plugin_netrw.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_plugin_netrw.vim
@@ -609,4 +609,10 @@ func Test_netrw_RFC2396()
call assert_equal('a b', netrw#RFC2396(fname))
endfunc

+func Test_netrw_Home_tilde()
+ Explore ~
+ call assert_match('Netrw Directory Listing', getline(2))
+ bw!
+endfunc
+
" vim:ts=8 sts=2 sw=2 et
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 4c2be4b46..20e593ac8 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =

static int included_patches[] =
{ /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+ 367,
/**/
366,
/**/