From 68af1500c7a26b700b0fe58f5b581d84e6cf3dd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 17:37:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add DISCORDCHATEXPORTER_SETTINGS_PATH env var support to
 SettingsService

Co-authored-by: Tyrrrz <1935960+Tyrrrz@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../Services/SettingsService.cs                 | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs
index ebd4ca78..326fb722 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ using DiscordChatExporter.Gui.Models;
 namespace DiscordChatExporter.Gui.Services;
 
 [ObservableObject]
-public partial class SettingsService()
-    : SettingsBase(
-        Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "Settings.dat"),
-        SerializerContext.Default
-    )
+public partial class SettingsService() : SettingsBase(GetFilePath(), SerializerContext.Default)
 {
     [ObservableProperty]
     public partial bool IsUkraineSupportMessageEnabled { get; set; } = true;
@@ -90,6 +86,17 @@ public partial class SettingsService()
     }
 }
 
+public partial class SettingsService
+{
+    private static string GetFilePath() =>
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DISCORDCHATEXPORTER_SETTINGS_PATH") is { } path
+        && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path)
+            ? Path.EndsInDirectorySeparator(path) || Directory.Exists(path)
+                ? Path.Combine(path, "Settings.dat")
+                : path
+            : Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "Settings.dat");
+}
+
 public partial class SettingsService
 {
     [JsonSerializable(typeof(SettingsService))]