~ not expanded to home directory

[dirn]

Paste the command

igir link test --symlink --overwrite --dat=$DAT_PATH/ --input=$BACKUPS/OSCR/ --output=~/ROMs/{es}/

Describe the bug

A directory called ~ was created inside my current working directory. Once created, deleting the folder is potentially dangerous. A user could try

rm -rf ~

and expect it to delete the ~ inside their current working directory. ~, however, will be expanding to the user's home directory and start deleting that.

Expected behavior

I expected files to be linked inside the ROMs folder inside my home directory.

Debug logs

Most of the output is from all of the candidates in the no-intro dat zip, but here's a relevant line

[14:29:35.407] INFO:  CandidateWriter: Nintendo - Nintendo Entertainment System (Headered): Ninja Gaiden (USA): creating symlink '/Users/dirn/Backups/OSCR/nes/Ninja Gaiden (USA).nes' →
'~/ROMs/nes/Ninja Gaiden (USA).nes'

DAT(s) used

No response

igir version

3.0.1

Node.js version

N.A

Operating system

macOS 15.2

Additional context

No response

[emmercm]

It's the responsibility of the CLI shell to expand ~ (among other expansions such as globbing). Try supplying options without the =, such as --output ~/ROMs/{es}/.

[dirn]

The shell expands it without the =. (I've also updated all of my scripts to use $HOME instead.)