From 3a93831e395b06c62d7eecd1fc8687928f015d84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Boehs <evan@boehs.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 10:36:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #1213 (create dir if needed for settings)

---
 src/config/edit.zig | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/config/edit.zig b/src/config/edit.zig
index c673991df..a28cfc362 100644
--- a/src/config/edit.zig
+++ b/src/config/edit.zig
@@ -5,9 +5,23 @@ const internal_os = @import("../os/main.zig");
 /// Open the configuration in the OS default editor according to the default
 /// paths the main config file could be in.
 pub fn open(alloc_gpa: Allocator) !void {
+    // default dir
+    const config_dir = try internal_os.xdg.config(alloc_gpa, .{ .subdir = "ghostty" });
     // default location
     const config_path = try internal_os.xdg.config(alloc_gpa, .{ .subdir = "ghostty/config" });
-    defer alloc_gpa.free(config_path);
+
+    defer {
+        alloc_gpa.free(config_path);
+        alloc_gpa.free(config_dir);
+    }
+
+    // Check if the directory exists, create it if it doesn't
+    _ = std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(config_dir) catch |err| {
+        switch (err) {
+            error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
+            else => return err,
+        }
+    };
 
     // Try to create file and go on if it already exists
     _ = std.fs.createFileAbsolute(