From 267e8daba555e87f04787300e0f9df91f320f524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MineBill <minebill@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2023 19:36:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Honor the XDG_DATA_HOME env var and use the approved default
 as per specification.

---
 Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp b/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp
index 8da3a378b..97cde4a1c 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Platform/Linux/LinuxFileSystem.cpp
@@ -679,8 +679,14 @@ void LinuxFileSystem::GetSpecialFolderPath(const SpecialFolder type, String& res
         result = TEXT("/usr/share");
         break;
     case SpecialFolder::LocalAppData:
-        result = home;
+    {
+        String dataHome;
+        if (!Platform::GetEnvironmentVariable(TEXT("XDG_DATA_HOME"), dataHome))
+            result = dataHome;
+        else
+            result = home / TEXT(".local/share");
         break;
+    }
     case SpecialFolder::ProgramData:
         result = String::Empty;
         break;