From bbac7e479cb6ff46bac5deb72dcb2d54581df37e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guldoman <giulio.lettieri@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:00:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Set the correct working directory for the AppImage version
 (#937)

---
 data/core/start.lua | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/data/core/start.lua b/data/core/start.lua
index b3bcc18e..b6f1ee6a 100644
--- a/data/core/start.lua
+++ b/data/core/start.lua
@@ -34,3 +34,12 @@ table.pack = table.pack or pack or function(...) return {...} end
 table.unpack = table.unpack or unpack
 
 bit32 = bit32 or require "core.bit"
+
+-- Because AppImages change the working directory before running the executable,
+-- we need to change it back to the original one.
+-- https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/issues/172
+-- https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/pull/191
+local appimage_owd = os.getenv("OWD")
+if os.getenv("APPIMAGE") and appimage_owd then
+  system.chdir(appimage_owd)
+end