diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 19bd36d1..69d374a9 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,17 @@ impl ConfigFile {
 
         if let Some(ref mut paths) = &mut result.git_repos {
             for path in paths.iter_mut() {
-                *path = shellexpand::tilde::<&str>(&path.as_ref()).into_owned();
+                let expanded = shellexpand::tilde::<&str>(&path.as_ref()).into_owned();
+                debug!("Path {} expanded to {}", path, expanded);
+                *path = expanded;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(paths) = result.git.as_mut().and_then(|git| git.repos.as_mut()) {
+            for path in paths.iter_mut() {
+                let expanded = shellexpand::tilde::<&str>(&path.as_ref()).into_owned();
+                debug!("Path {} expanded to {}", path, expanded);
+                *path = expanded;
             }
         }