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 ### Overriding default config file location
 
-To override the default config directory, use `$CONFIG_DIR="~/.config/lazygit"`. This directory contains the config file in addition to some other files lazygit uses to keep track of state across sessions.
+To override the default config directory, use `CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.config/lazygit"`. This directory contains the config file in addition to some other files lazygit uses to keep track of state across sessions.
 
 To override the individual config file used, use the `--use-config-file` arg or the `LG_CONFIG_FILE` env var.
 
 If you want to merge a specific config file into a more general config file, perhaps for the sake of setting some theme-specific options, you can supply a list of comma-separated config file paths, like so:
 
 ```sh
-lazygit --use-config-file=~/.base_lg_conf,~/.light_theme_lg_conf
+lazygit --use-config-file="$HOME/.base_lg_conf,$HOME/.light_theme_lg_conf"
 or
-LG_CONFIG_FILE="~/.base_lg_conf,~/.light_theme_lg_conf" lazygit
+LG_CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.base_lg_conf,$HOME/.light_theme_lg_conf" lazygit
 ```
 
 ### Recommended Config Values