| Index: checkout.py
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| diff --git a/checkout.py b/checkout.py
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| index 8d5cccecdc6ef1bfe1817aa3a54a2cebff1cf2ef..bed4737507250693f074cda16583649574eb5119 100644
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| --- a/checkout.py
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| +++ b/checkout.py
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| @@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ class SvnConfig(object):
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|        if sys.platform == 'win32':
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|          self.svn_config_dir = os.path.join(os.environ['APPDATA'], 'Subversion')
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|        else:
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| -        self.svn_config_dir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.subversion')
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| +        self.svn_config_dir = os.path.expanduser(
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| +            os.path.join('~', '.subversion'))
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|      svn_config_file = os.path.join(self.svn_config_dir, 'config')
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|      parser = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
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|      if os.path.isfile(svn_config_file):
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| 
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