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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
index 16031ea5d3..3b851229f3 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
@@ -50,14 +50,29 @@
(define home-directory
(getenv "HOME"))
+ (define xdg-config-home
+ (or (getenv "XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
+ (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.config")))
+
(define backup-directory
(string-append home-directory "/" (number->string (current-time))
"-guix-home-legacy-configs-backup"))
+ (define (preprocess-file file)
+ "If file is in XDG-CONFIGURATION-FILES-DIRECTORY use
+subdirectory from XDG_CONFIG_HOME to generate a target path."
+ (if (string-prefix? #$xdg-configuration-files-directory file)
+ (string-append
+ (substring xdg-config-home
+ (1+ (string-length home-directory)))
+ (substring file
+ (string-length #$xdg-configuration-files-directory)))
+ (string-append "." file)))
+
(define (target-file file)
;; Return the target of FILE, a config file name sans leading dot
;; such as "config/fontconfig/fonts.conf" or "bashrc".
- (string-append home-directory "/." file))
+ (string-append home-directory "/" (preprocess-file file)))
(define (symlink-to-store? file)
(catch 'system-error
@@ -70,7 +85,7 @@
(define (backup-file file)
(define backup
- (string-append backup-directory "/." file))
+ (string-append backup-directory "/" (preprocess-file file)))
(mkdir-p backup-directory)
(format #t (G_ "Backing up ~a...") (target-file file))