Nushell now supports using the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable to specify the location for config files. The variable must be set before Nushell is launched.

I'm not a macOS user, so I hope my process and terminology are correct here. I believe there are several ways to set these variables:

1. From this Stack Overflow answer, use launchctl setenv XDG_CONFIG_HOME <path>.

2. From this Discord thread in the Nushell server, you can create a LaunchAgent in your user-level ~/Library/LaunchAgents like:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" 
   "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
       <key>Label</key>
       <string>me.oscarvarto.environment</string>
       <key>ProgramArguments</key>
       <array>
           <string>/bin/sh</string>
           <string>-c</string>
           <string>
               launchctl setenv XDG_CONFIG_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.config &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_CACHE_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.cache &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_DATA_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.local/share &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_STATE_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.local/state &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_RUNTIME_DIR /Users/oscarvarto/.local/run &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_BIN_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.local/bin
           </string>
       </array>
       <key>RunAtLoad</key>
       <true/>
       <key>ServiceIPC</key>
       <false/>
   </dict>
   </plist>
   

Nushell now supports using the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable to specify the location for config files. The variable must be set before Nushell is launched.

I'm not a macOS user, so I hope my process and terminology are correct here. I believe there are several ways to set these variables:

1. From this Stack Overflow answer, use launchctl setenv XDG_CONFIG_HOME <path>.

2. If that doesn't, work, a user on the Nushell Discord server reported that they needed to create a LaunchAgent in their user-level ~/Library/LaunchAgents like:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" 
   "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
       <key>Label</key>
       <string>me.oscarvarto.environment</string>
       <key>ProgramArguments</key>
       <array>
           <string>/bin/sh</string>
           <string>-c</string>
           <string>
               launchctl setenv XDG_CONFIG_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.config &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_CACHE_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.cache &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_DATA_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.local/share &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_STATE_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.local/state &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_RUNTIME_DIR /Users/oscarvarto/.local/run &&
               launchctl setenv XDG_BIN_HOME /Users/oscarvarto/.local/bin
           </string>
       </array>
       <key>RunAtLoad</key>
       <true/>
       <key>ServiceIPC</key>
       <false/>
   </dict>
   </plist>