diff --git a/git/gitconfig b/git/gitconfig
index f6af73f2..502d6109 100644
--- a/git/gitconfig
+++ b/git/gitconfig
@@ -126,4 +126,4 @@
   # http://gitfu.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/git-rerere-rereremember-what-you-did-last-time/
   enabled = true
 [include]
-  path = .gitconfig.user
+  path = ~/.gitconfig.user