From d89c1426d563d929efebdb49ca8615bb45dfb694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 08:40:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Dont use non-writeable locations containing kitty.conf as the
 config dir

---
 tools/utils/paths.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/utils/paths.go b/tools/utils/paths.go
index b7a834110..d4695a61b 100644
--- a/tools/utils/paths.go
+++ b/tools/utils/paths.go
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ func ConfigDirForName(name string) (config_dir string) {
 		if loc != "" {
 			q := filepath.Join(loc, "kitty")
 			if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(q, name)); err == nil {
-				config_dir = q
-				return
+				if unix.Access(q, unix.W_OK) == nil {
+					config_dir = q
+					return
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}