From 01bf48ed96954ff4304d8600f09a1e191c687d51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Seidler <78690852+PaideiaDilemma@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 22:41:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] config: don't crash when getenv HOME returns null (#398)

---
 src/config/ConfigManager.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index 6ec4d7f..2f1c00e 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ static std::string getConfigDir() {
     if (xdgConfigHome && std::filesystem::path(xdgConfigHome).is_absolute())
         return xdgConfigHome;
 
-    return getenv("HOME") + std::string("/.config");
+    static const char* home = getenv("HOME");
+
+    if (!home)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Neither HOME nor XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set in the environment. Cannot determine config directory.");
+
+    return home + std::string("/.config");
 }
 
 static std::string getMainConfigPath() {