From 8e8434597e7bde83baca07c327924c1bb1ee189c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RushLana <renarde-dev@la-taniere-solidaire.fr>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 10:55:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Follow XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux/MacOS

If an existing $HOME/.sni directory is found use it
Check for $XDG_CONFIG_HOME first and default to $HOME/.config/sni if unset
---
 cmd/sni/config/config.go | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/sni/config/config.go b/cmd/sni/config/config.go
index 867f31a..80e95f9 100644
--- a/cmd/sni/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/sni/config/config.go
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ func InitDir() {
 			return
 		}
 		Dir = filepath.Join(Dir, ".sni")
+
+		// Follow XDG Base Directory Specification
+		if _, err := os.Stat(Dir); err != nil {		
+			var xdgConfig = os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
+			if xdgConfig == "" {
+				homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+				xdgConfig = filepath.Join(homeDir,".config")
+			}
+			Dir = filepath.Join(xdgConfig,"sni")
+		}
 	}
 	// make the directory if it doesn't exist:
 	_ = os.MkdirAll(Dir, 0755|os.ModeDir)

From 2b94b396873a1e48c3a46a5a799ff3594d313faf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RushLana <renarde-dev@la-taniere-solidaire.fr>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 11:04:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update README to reflect config dir changes

---
 README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62e0a2b..507193e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ folder.
 
 On Windows, this folder is `%LOCALAPPDATA%\sni`.
 
-On MacOS, this folder is `~/.sni/`.
+On MacOS and Linux, this folder is `~/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` or `~/.config/sni/` with `~/.sni/` as a fallback.  
+SNI use the following order when choosing a log folder : `~/.sni/` (if it already exist), `~/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` if `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is not null,`~/.config/sni/`
 
 During start-up, in the console window, SNI will output where the current log
 file is located at:

From b4cbf8a2aa46bbaf14a2e10bbe5f1894706b36aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RushLana <renarde-dev@la-taniere-solidaire.fr>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 15:22:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix Formating and reword README

---
 README.md                | 7 +++++--
 cmd/sni/config/config.go | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 507193e..eb0753b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ folder.
 
 On Windows, this folder is `%LOCALAPPDATA%\sni`.
 
-On MacOS and Linux, this folder is `~/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` or `~/.config/sni/` with `~/.sni/` as a fallback.  
-SNI use the following order when choosing a log folder : `~/.sni/` (if it already exist), `~/$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` if `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is not null,`~/.config/sni/`
+On MacOS and Linux, this folder is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` or `$HOME/.config/sni/` with `$HOME/.sni/` as a fallback.
+SNI uses the following order when choosing a config folder:
+1. `$HOME/.sni/` if it already exists
+2. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` if `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is set (not empty)
+3. `$HOME/.config/sni/`
 
 During start-up, in the console window, SNI will output where the current log
 file is located at:
diff --git a/cmd/sni/config/config.go b/cmd/sni/config/config.go
index 80e95f9..f5a75ec 100644
--- a/cmd/sni/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/sni/config/config.go
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ func InitDir() {
 			var xdgConfig = os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
 			if xdgConfig == "" {
 				homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
-				xdgConfig = filepath.Join(homeDir,".config")
+				xdgConfig = filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config")
 			}
-			Dir = filepath.Join(xdgConfig,"sni")
+			Dir = filepath.Join(xdgConfig, "sni")
 		}
 	}
 	// make the directory if it doesn't exist: