bug#36490: 26.1; directory-files-recursively breaks when it encounters a directory named "~"

[Erik Hahn]

Call (directory-files-recursively DIR ".*") where DIR contains a
subdirectory named "~" but is not the parent of your home directory. The
function will recurse into your home directory. This is probably because
(expand-file-name "~" ...) returns the home directory.


In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
 of 2018-11-03 built on p5
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12003000
System Description:     Gentoo Base System release 2.6

Recent messages:
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