Paths with links, or relative paths, cannot be used in location.conf.

Paths placed into the locations.conf file that have symbolic links or relative paths do not work properly.

The issue with the symbolic links is a major problem for me because on the server that I use, the true path may change at any given time and we are encouraged to use a link to the home directory.

For example this will not work in locations.conf if u is a link to /u -> /u4.:
[/u/antoniuk/bzr]
email = Some One <email address hidden>

This will also not work:
[~/bzr]
email = Some One <email address hidden>

This should be an easy fix, just make sure that the a local path in the locations.conf is expanded before being compared with the current path.

If this seems like a reasonable thing to do I can try to put together a patch.