Use $HOME instead of tilde inside quotes
The tilde character is not expanded when inside quotes. See https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/4668#issuecomment-162213379
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1diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
2index 6007d6500d7337abe245a3b4c22b7eb0fd9f8d75..9d7210f778e190c035c968acae350fc26cef4192 100644
3--- a/README.markdown
4+++ b/README.markdown
5@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The default location is `~/.oh-my-zsh` (hidden in your home directory)
6 If you'd like to change the install directory with the `ZSH` environment variable, either by running `export ZSH=/your/path` before installing, or by setting it before the end of the install pipeline like this:
7 8 ```shell
9-export ZSH="~/.dotfiles/oh-my-zsh"; sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
10+export ZSH="$HOME/.dotfiles/oh-my-zsh"; sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
11 ```
1213 #### Manual Installation