From 51e75d6b990106fdf76c951021c1b14b6310fce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Clement <tclementdev@free.fr>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 20:21:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use SUDO_HOME environment variable to derive the pkgx
 directory if it is set. Without this, we might work on the root user
 directory (as seen on Linux).

---
 crates/lib/src/config.rs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/lib/src/config.rs b/crates/lib/src/config.rs
index cdd76711d..1ec47b4e3 100644
--- a/crates/lib/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/src/config.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ fn get_pkgx_dir() -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
         }
     }
 
+    // Use sudoer home directory if it is set.
+    if let Ok(path) = env::var("SUDO_HOME") {
+        let path = PathBuf::from(path).join(".pkgx");
+        if path.is_absolute() {
+            return Ok(path);
+        }
+    }
+
     let default = dirs_next::home_dir().map(|x| x.join(".pkgx"));
 
     if default.clone().is_some_and(|x| x.exists()) {