--- a/lib/gitorious/ssh/strainer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitorious/ssh/strainer.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Gitorious
       attr_reader :path, :verb, :command
     
       def full_path
-        File.join(File.expand_path("~"), "repositories", path)
+        File.join(GitoriousConfig["repository_base_path"], path)
       end
     
       def parse!

--- a/spec/lib/gitorious/ssh/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitorious/ssh/client_spec.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe Gitorious::SSH::Client do
   
   it "returns the command we can safely execute with git-shell" do
     client = Gitorious::SSH::Client.new(@strainer, "johan")
-    repos_path = File.join(File.expand_path("~"), "repositories", @strainer.path)
+    repos_path = File.join(GitoriousConfig["repository_base_path"], @strainer.path)
     client.to_git_shell_argument.should == "git-upload-pack '#{repos_path}'"
   end
   

--- a/spec/lib/gitorious/ssh/strainer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitorious/ssh/strainer_spec.rb
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ describe Gitorious::SSH::Strainer do
     strainer2.should == strainer
   end
   
-  it "has the full path from the users home directory" do
+  it "has the full path prepended with the gitorious.yml file setting" do
     strainer = Gitorious::SSH::Strainer.new("git-upload-pack 'foo/bar.git'").parse!
-    strainer.full_path.should == File.join(File.expand_path("~"), "repositories", "foo", "bar.git")
+    strainer.full_path.should == 
+      File.join(GitoriousConfig["repository_base_path"], "foo", "bar.git")
   end
   
   it "sets the path of the parsed command" do