diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 2de5f6c..4b0fc0e 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 static const char *implicit_ident_advice(void)
 {
-	char *user_config = expand_user_path("~/.gitconfig");
+	char *user_config = expand_user_path("~/.gitconfig", 0);
 	char *xdg_config = xdg_config_home("config");
 	int config_exists = file_exists(user_config) || file_exists(xdg_config);