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Author: EhabY

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+- Support for paths that begin with a tilde (`~`).
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed race condition when multiple VS Code windows download the Coder CLI binary simultaneously.
   Other windows now wait and display real-time progress instead of attempting concurrent downloads,
   preventing corruption and failures.
+- Remove duplicate "Cancel" buttons on the workspace update dialog.
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -15,9 +20,9 @@
 
 ## [v1.11.4](https://github.com/coder/vscode-coder/releases/tag/v1.11.4) 2025-11-20
 
-### Fixed
+### Added
 
-- Add support for `google.antigravity-remote-openssh` Remote SSH extension.
+- Support for the `google.antigravity-remote-openssh` Remote SSH extension.
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Always enable verbose (`-v`) flag when a log directory is configured (`coder.proxyLogDir`).
+- Always enable verbose (`-v`) flag when a log directory is configured (`coder.proxyLogDirectory`).
 - Automatically start a workspace without prompting if it is explicitly opened but not running.
 
 ### Added
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
-- Coder extension sidebar now displays available app statuses, and let's
+- Coder extension sidebar now displays available app statuses, and lets
   the user click them to drop into a session with a running AI Agent.
 
 ## [v1.7.1](https://github.com/coder/vscode-coder/releases/tag/v1.7.1) (2025-04-14)

src/util.ts

@@ -119,13 +119,14 @@ export function toSafeHost(rawUrl: string): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * Expand a path with ${userHome} in the input string
- * @param input string
- * @returns string
+ * Expand a path if it starts with tilda (~) or contains ${userHome}.
  */
 export function expandPath(input: string): string {
 	const userHome = os.homedir();
-	return input.replace(/\${userHome}/g, userHome);
+	if (input.startsWith("~")) {
+		input = userHome + input.substring("~".length);
+	}
+	return input.replaceAll("${userHome}", userHome);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -145,5 +146,6 @@ export function countSubstring(needle: string, haystack: string): number {
 }
 
 export function escapeCommandArg(arg: string): string {
-	return `"${arg.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"`;
+	const escapedString = arg.replaceAll('"', String.raw`\"`);
+	return `"${escapedString}"`;
 }