From 7ada6e7809391d3d4548ec523333d795023bfc09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: laniakea64 <laniakea64@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:49:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 74e3d50918..f1d39e92d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1927,8 +1927,14 @@ details.
 - `home_directory()` - The user's home directory.
 
 If you would like to use XDG base directories on all platforms you can use the
-`env(…)` function with the appropriate environment variable, e.g.,
-`env('XDG_CACHE_HOME')`.
+`env(…)` function with the appropriate environment variable and fallback, e.g.
+```just
+xdg_config_dir := if env('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', '') =~ '^/' {
+  env('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
+} else {
+  home_directory() / '.config'
+}
+```
 
 ### Constants