feat: support relative paths in dock_items.others #38

internal/command/command.go

@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ func SaveConfig(c *Config) (err error) {
 
 	log.Infof(bold, "SAVING LAUNCHPAD DATABASE")
 
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get user home directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// find launchpad database
 	tmpDir := os.Getenv("TMPDIR")
 	lpad.Folder = filepath.Join(tmpDir, "../0/com.apple.dock.launchpad/db")
@@ -398,8 +403,12 @@ func SaveConfig(c *Config) (err error) {
 		conf.Dock.Apps = append(conf.Dock.Apps, item.TileData.GetPath())
 	}
 	for _, item := range dPlist.PersistentOthers {
+		abspath := item.TileData.GetPath()
+		if relPath, err := filepath.Rel(home, abspath); err == nil {
+			abspath = filepath.Join("~", relPath)
+		}
 		conf.Dock.Others = append(conf.Dock.Others, database.Folder{
-			Path:    item.TileData.GetPath(),
+			Path:    abspath,
 			Display: database.FolderDisplay(item.TileData.DisplayAs),
 			View:    database.FolderView(item.TileData.ShowAs),
 			Sort:    database.FolderSort(item.TileData.Arrangement),

internal/dock/dock.go

@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ func (p *Plist) AddApp(appPath string) error {
 
 // AddOther adds an other to the dock plist
 func (p *Plist) AddOther(other database.Folder) error {
+	abspath, err := filepath.Abs(other.Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get absolute path for '%s': %v", other.Path, err)
+	}
 	pother := POItem{
 		GUID:     rand.Intn(9999999999),
 		TileType: "directory-tile",
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ func (p *Plist) AddOther(other database.Folder) error {
 			DisplayAs:   int(other.Display),
 			ShowAs:      int(other.View),
 			FileData: FileData{
-				URLString:     other.Path,
+				URLString:     abspath,
 				URLStringType: 0,
 			},
 			FileLabel: fileNameWithoutExtTrimSuffix(other.Path),