I'm trying to create a rpm package and need to put a specific file in the client home directory. I looked up the macro references for rpm spec and couldn't find the desired macro. the closest thing that I find is %{getenv:HOME} macro which is resolved to the rpm builder's home directory, not the user who is installing the package.
the user installing the package is always root. rpm packages are always installed system-wide, not for a single user, so it would be messy putting file in the home directory of a user.
You'd better provide some sensible defaults (for example something like /etc/bashrc) and then let the user choose to override them manually with an optional file in their home directory (like ~/.bashrc). The user would have to create this file manually then; it should not be provided by the rpm.