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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2018-09-01T19·25+0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-09-01T19·25+0200
commitc5ab07ec2b4eea5d7f4c5e4ef74d4b274ac943b7 (patch)
treee5a497b74785d1aa8a20bf169c17293b78cfb4f8 /doc/manual/command-ref
parent51003f892db0d504f397f12b26b18e185a5b4956 (diff)
parent33712fed389976a40ca48631266e5604e8f7e955 (diff)
Merge pull request #2168 from grahamc/explain-why-netrc-is-busted
manual: document why ~/.netrc doesn't work
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index 6a23b8f1fda4..26fe58d043b7 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -527,7 +527,12 @@ password <replaceable>my-password</replaceable>
 
     For the exact syntax, see <link
     xlink:href="https://ec.haxx.se/usingcurl-netrc.html">the
-    <literal>curl</literal> documentation.</link></para></listitem>
+    <literal>curl</literal> documentation.</link></para>
+
+    <note><para>This must be an absolute path, and <literal>~</literal>
+    is not resolved. For example, <filename>~/.netrc</filename> won't
+    resolve to your home directory's <filename>.netrc</filename>.</para></note>
+    </listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>