From 7c3614cc62566a17a8cab961fb80f96185de5879 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Hartl <pat@pathar.tl>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 16:49:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allow config path to be set via command line

---
 src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
index c93d040081..84372332e1 100644
--- a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
+++ b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ int game_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
             ("h,help", "Print usage")
             ("console", "Show the Windows console window for logs", cxxopts::value<bool>()->default_value("false")->implicit_value("true"))
             ("dvd", "Path to DVD image file", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
+            ("config", "Path to the config directory", cxxopts::value<std::string>()->default_value(calculate_config_path().string()))
             ("backend", "Graphics API backend to use (auto, d3d12, metal, vulkan, null)", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
             ("cvar", "Override configuration variables without modifying config", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>());
 
@@ -691,7 +692,7 @@ int game_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    dusk::ConfigPath = calculate_config_path();
+    dusk::ConfigPath = parsed_arg_options["config"].as<std::string>();
     const auto startupLogLevel = static_cast<AuroraLogLevel>(parsed_arg_options["log-level"].as<uint8_t>());
     dusk::InitializeFileLogging(dusk::ConfigPath, startupLogLevel);
 

From a7d7430b7c4065af7b49f01d1c2fd21b57ed1921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat Hartl <pat@pathar.tl>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 17:57:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Use ternary, parse option as stf::filesystem::path

---
 src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
index 84372332e1..6b6febbd2b 100644
--- a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
+++ b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ int game_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
             ("h,help", "Print usage")
             ("console", "Show the Windows console window for logs", cxxopts::value<bool>()->default_value("false")->implicit_value("true"))
             ("dvd", "Path to DVD image file", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
-            ("config", "Path to the config directory", cxxopts::value<std::string>()->default_value(calculate_config_path().string()))
+            ("config", "Path to the config directory", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
             ("backend", "Graphics API backend to use (auto, d3d12, metal, vulkan, null)", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
             ("cvar", "Override configuration variables without modifying config", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>());
 
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ int game_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    dusk::ConfigPath = parsed_arg_options["config"].as<std::string>();
+    dusk::ConfigPath = parsed_arg_options.count("config") ? std::filesystem::path(parsed_arg_options["config"].as<std::string>()) : calculate_config_path();
     const auto startupLogLevel = static_cast<AuroraLogLevel>(parsed_arg_options["log-level"].as<uint8_t>());
     dusk::InitializeFileLogging(dusk::ConfigPath, startupLogLevel);