From f3e0fb21f07ee7dd49dd59f7ffd88c9a60fc6bc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernd Schumacher <bs@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:27:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Set $XDG_CONFIG_HOME and $VCSH_BASE based on existing
 .config/vcsh

---
 vcsh | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index d1d26edd..20e0090e 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -61,6 +61,29 @@ source_all() {
 
 # Read configuration and set defaults if anything's not set
 [ -n "$VCSH_DEBUG" ]                  && set -vx
+
+# Set $XDG_CONFIG_HOME and $VCSH_BASE based on existing .config/vcsh
+# (To create a new $VCSH_BASE: mkdir -p $VCSH_BASE/.config/vcsh)
+if [ ! -n "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ] && [ ! -n "$VCSH_BASE" ]; then
+  # Search for .config/vcsh in actual directory path
+  VCSH_BASE="$(realpath .)"
+  while :; do
+    if [ -d "$VCSH_BASE/.config/vcsh" ]; then
+      break
+    elif [ "$VCSH_BASE" = "/" ]; then
+      VCSH_BASE=""
+      break
+    else
+      VCSH_BASE="$(dirname "$VCSH_BASE")"
+    fi
+  done
+  if [ "$VCSH_BASE" ]; then
+    # Check Permission denied problems
+    find "$VCSH_BASE/.config/" >/dev/null || fatal "problem reading files in $VCSH_BASE/.config/"
+    XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$VCSH_BASE/.config"
+  fi
+fi
+
 : ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:="$HOME/.config"}
 
 # Read configuration files if there are any

From 189f0c0703e997141c25d790465c5ad91cfdf573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernd Schumacher <bs@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:04:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] do not use realpath

---
 vcsh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 20e0090e..134b437a 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ source_all() {
 # (To create a new $VCSH_BASE: mkdir -p $VCSH_BASE/.config/vcsh)
 if [ ! -n "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" ] && [ ! -n "$VCSH_BASE" ]; then
   # Search for .config/vcsh in actual directory path
-  VCSH_BASE="$(realpath .)"
+  VCSH_BASE="$(pwd)"
   while :; do
     if [ -d "$VCSH_BASE/.config/vcsh" ]; then
       break