From c4b8348109f457beddb63877d105906a7cf4ff5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SK Akram <skcodewizard786@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:14:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: correct empty string escaping and path tildeification
 edge cases

---
 packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts
index 4163f26..f8ff5cc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ export const SHELL_SPECIAL_CHARS = /[ \t()[\]{};|*?$`'"#&<>!~]/;
  * @param path - The path to tildeify.
  * @returns The tildeified path.
  */
-export function tildeifyPath(path: string): string {
+export function tildeifyPath(p: string): string {
   const homeDir = os.homedir();
-  if (path.startsWith(homeDir)) {
-    return path.replace(homeDir, '~');
+  if (p === homeDir) {
+    return '~';
   }
-  return path;
+  if (p.startsWith(homeDir + path.sep)) {
+    return '~' + p.substring(homeDir.length);
+  }
+  return p;
 }
 
 /**