From 319d65f21be07da082b965a539da5c8ff9598093 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Kovgan <kovganm@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:04:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] implement #2241

- update `install.sh` & `uninstall.sh`
- update `README.md`

Signed-off-by: Max Kovgan <kovganm@gmail.com>
---
 docs/README.md | 7 +++++++
 install.sh     | 7 +++++++
 uninstall.sh   | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index b307a7abfd..44c438babe 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ That's it! :smiley:
 You can check out more components of Bash-it, and customize it to your desire.  
 For more information, see detailed instructions [here](https://bash-it.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/).
 
+### custom configuration file location
+
+By default the instller modifies/creates the actual ``~/.bashrc`` is updated.
+If this is undesirable, you can create another file, by run the installer:
+```bash
+BASH_IT_CONFIG_FILE=path/to/my/custom/location.bash ~/.bash_it/install.sh
+```
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 58c25537b6..4063f516ed 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ case $OSTYPE in
 		;;
 esac
 
+# overriding CONFIG_FILE:
+CONFIG_FILE="${BASH_IT_CONFIG_FILE:-"${CONFIG_FILE}"}"
+# create subdir if CONFIG_FILE has subdirectory components
+if [[ "${CONFIG_FILE%/*}" != "${CONFIG_FILE}" ]]; then
+	mkdir -p "${HOME}/${CONFIG_FILE%/*}"
+fi
+
 BACKUP_FILE=$CONFIG_FILE.bak
 echo "Installing bash-it"
 if [[ -z "${no_modify_config}" ]]; then
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
index 1771261060..f1e559bdcf 100755
--- a/uninstall.sh
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ case $OSTYPE in
     ;;
 esac
 
+# overriding CONFIG_FILE:
+CONFIG_FILE="${BASH_IT_CONFIG_FILE:-"${CONFIG_FILE}"}"
+
 BACKUP_FILE=$CONFIG_FILE.bak
 
 if [ ! -e "$HOME/$BACKUP_FILE" ]; then