From a13c4f18ad5e9fa8b917eeaec80679d7b2405fc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: psychhim <psy32ndpromo@disroot.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 01:49:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update: friendly-snippets replacement fix when used nvim
 command with sudo.

---
 lua/replace_with_custom_snippets.lua | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/replace_with_custom_snippets.lua b/lua/replace_with_custom_snippets.lua
index ee5d097..bc81def 100644
--- a/lua/replace_with_custom_snippets.lua
+++ b/lua/replace_with_custom_snippets.lua
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 local uv = vim.loop
-local home = uv.os_homedir()
+-- Force user home directory so script works even under sudo
+local user_home = '/home/hexzon3'
+
 -- Detect OS and base path of friendly-snippets
 local function get_friendly_snippets_base_path()
 	local os_name = uv.os_uname().sysname
 	if os_name == 'Windows_NT' then
-		return home .. '\\.local\\share\\nvim\\lazy\\friendly-snippets\\snippets\\'
+		return user_home .. '\\.local\\share\\nvim\\lazy\\friendly-snippets\\snippets\\'
 	else
-		return home .. '/.local/share/nvim/lazy/friendly-snippets/snippets/'
+		return user_home .. '/.local/share/nvim/lazy/friendly-snippets/snippets/'
 	end
 end
+
 local target_base = get_friendly_snippets_base_path()
 local custom_snippets_dir = vim.fn.stdpath 'config' .. '/custom_friendly_snippets/'
+
 -- Read all files in custom_snippets_dir
 local function get_custom_snippet_files()
 	local handle = uv.fs_scandir(custom_snippets_dir)
@@ -30,12 +34,14 @@ local function get_custom_snippet_files()
 	end
 	return files
 end
+
 -- Replace each snippet file
 local function replace_snippets()
 	local files = get_custom_snippet_files()
 	for _, filename in ipairs(files) do
 		local source_path = custom_snippets_dir .. filename
 		local target_path = target_base .. filename
+
 		-- Read source content
 		local source_file = io.open(source_path, 'r')
 		if not source_file then
@@ -44,6 +50,7 @@ local function replace_snippets()
 		end
 		local source_content = source_file:read '*a'
 		source_file:close()
+
 		-- Read target content (if exists)
 		local target_content = ''
 		local target_file = io.open(target_path, 'r')
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ local function replace_snippets()
 			target_content = target_file:read '*a'
 			target_file:close()
 		end
+
 		-- Only update if different
 		if source_content ~= target_content then
 			-- Create backup if not exists
@@ -64,6 +72,7 @@ local function replace_snippets()
 					vim.notify('Failed to create backup: ' .. backup_path, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
 				end
 			end
+
 			-- Write updated content
 			local output = io.open(target_path, 'w')
 			if output then
@@ -74,8 +83,10 @@ local function replace_snippets()
 				vim.notify('Failed to write: ' .. target_path, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
 			end
 		end
+
 		::continue::
 	end
 end
+
 -- Run the function
 replace_snippets()