From 6bad9fa3cae008450295344c1ea9ef574792160e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:01:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From d66f7aa7a6188230b7e11c4bcec5764f7ee0f300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:16:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Implement portable mode: use ./config directory next to
 executable as data directory

Co-authored-by: SteveZMTstudios <98326195+SteveZMTstudios@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 lib/common/path.dart | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/common/path.dart b/lib/common/path.dart
index ed20647cb..e08cb98bd 100644
--- a/lib/common/path.dart
+++ b/lib/common/path.dart
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ class AppPath {
   Completer<Directory> tempDir = Completer();
   Completer<Directory> cacheDir = Completer();
   late String appDirPath;
+  bool isPortable = false;
 
   AppPath._internal() {
     appDirPath = join(dirname(Platform.resolvedExecutable));
-    getApplicationSupportDirectory().then((value) {
-      dataDir.complete(value);
-    });
+    _initDataDir();
     getTemporaryDirectory().then((value) {
       tempDir.complete(value);
     });
@@ -29,6 +28,25 @@ class AppPath {
     });
   }
 
+  bool get _isDesktop =>
+      Platform.isWindows || Platform.isMacOS || Platform.isLinux;
+
+  Future<void> _initDataDir() async {
+    // Portable mode: if a 'config' directory exists next to the executable on
+    // desktop platforms, use it as the data directory instead of the
+    // platform-specific application support directory.
+    if (_isDesktop) {
+      final portableConfigDir = Directory(join(appDirPath, 'config'));
+      if (await portableConfigDir.exists()) {
+        isPortable = true;
+        dataDir.complete(portableConfigDir);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    final dir = await getApplicationSupportDirectory();
+    dataDir.complete(dir);
+  }
+
   factory AppPath() {
     _instance ??= AppPath._internal();
     return _instance!;