expand paths more smartly (#2599)

lua/telescope/_.lua

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ local log = require "plenary.log"
 
 local async = require "plenary.async"
 local channel = require("plenary.async").control.channel
+local utils = require "telescope.utils"
 
 local M = {}
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ function AsyncJob.new(opts)
   self.stderr = opts.stderr or M.NullPipe()
 
   if opts.cwd and opts.cwd ~= "" then
-    self.uv_opts.cwd = vim.fn.expand(vim.fn.escape(opts.cwd, "$"))
+    self.uv_opts.cwd = utils.smart_path_expand(opts.cwd)
     -- this is a "illegal" hack for windows. E.g. If the git command returns `/` rather than `\` as delimiter,
     -- vim.fn.expand might just end up returning an empty string. Weird
     -- Because empty string is not allowed in libuv the job will not spawn. Solution is we just set it to opts.cwd