Scala - String to an absolute File

FileSystemConversions.scala

object FileSystemConverters extends FileSystemConverters
trait FileSystemConverters {

  import java.io.File

  implicit class RichOptionString2OptionFile(path: Option[String]) {
    implicit def asFile: Option[File] =
      Option(
        path
          .getOrElse(".")
          .asFile)
  }

  implicit class RichString2File(path: String) {
    implicit def asFile: File =
      new File(
        path
          .replaceFirst(
            "^~",
            System.getProperty("user.home")))
        .getAbsoluteFile
  }
}