On 20 July 2015, I (Julian Foad) wrote: [...] > The minimal fix is committed to trunk in r1691928. Note that this > fixes the *only* caller that exists so far that didn't canonicalize > the resulting path. > > A better fix, but one less suitable for back-porting, is committed in > r1691952. That makes svn_user_get_homedir() always return a canonical > path. [...] > I still intend to nominate the minimal fix r1691928 for backport to > 1.8.x and 1.9.x.
The fix r1691928 was included in release 1.9.1 and is now approved for inclusion in the next 1.8.x release. - Julian