From dfcd38c502f7c1cb1872ccb37b211404e8e920bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ellie Huxtable <ellie@atuin.sh>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:45:20 -0800
Subject: feat: support setting a custom data dir in config (#3105)

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 crates/atuin-client/config.toml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'crates/atuin-client/config.toml')

diff --git a/crates/atuin-client/config.toml b/crates/atuin-client/config.toml
index 117ea066..94f4a180 100644
--- a/crates/atuin-client/config.toml
+++ b/crates/atuin-client/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## Base directory for Atuin data files (databases, keys, session, etc.)
+## All data file paths default to being relative to this directory.
+## linux/mac: ~/.local/share/atuin (or XDG_DATA_HOME/atuin)
+## windows: %USERPROFILE%/.local/share/atuin
+# data_dir = "~/.local/share/atuin"
+
 ## where to store your database, default is your system data directory
 ## linux/mac: ~/.local/share/atuin/history.db
 ## windows: %USERPROFILE%/.local/share/atuin/history.db
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