git-annex does not seem to support all kinds of urls that git does.

Specifically, if I have ~/bar set up on host foo:

    [remote "foo"]
    ## this one is not recognized as ssh url at all
    #	url = foo:bar
    ## this one makes git-annex try to access '/~/bar' literally
    #	url = ssh://foo/~/bar
    ## this one works
    	url = ssh://foo/home/tv/bar

> scp-style is now supported.

> `~` expansions (for the user's home, or other users)
> are somewhat tricky to support as they require running
> code on the remote to lookup homedirs. If git-annex grows a
> `git annex shell` that is run on the remote side
> (something I am [[considering|todo/git-annex-shell]] for other reasons), it
> could handle the expansions there. --[[Joey]]

> Update: Now `~` expansions are supported. [[done]]