From 3e343bea24d2b09d72633d5ab3b45f00b0537181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Richberger <taylor@axfive.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:04:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: fix post-install.sh for install by non-user UIDs

---
 scripts/post-install.sh | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/post-install.sh b/scripts/post-install.sh
index 4e096e597..3d5fd0bb2 100644
--- a/scripts/post-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/post-install.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Even with XDG_CONFIG_HOME, nu fails without a HOME variable set and UID
+# without a user account.
+# See https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/18902
+if [ -z "${HOME+x}" ]; then
+	export HOME="$PWD"
+fi
+
 # Running nu in the rpm-ostree script environment fails if the config directory
 # doesn't exist, preventing the post-install.nu script from being run.
-if [ -n "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME+x}" ]; then
-	mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
-elif [ -n "${HOME+x}" ]; then
-	mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"
-else
-	export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$PWD/.config"
-	mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
+if [ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME+x}" ]; then
+	export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
 fi
+mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
 
 nu /usr/libexec/nushell/post-install.nu

From 15123d60e0d11426a5241a3a367c2e31e009be27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Richberger <taylor@axfive.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:30:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: fix pre-remove.sh for removal by non-user UIDs

---
 scripts/pre-remove.sh | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/pre-remove.sh b/scripts/pre-remove.sh
index a4ac6261c..97f63a987 100644
--- a/scripts/pre-remove.sh
+++ b/scripts/pre-remove.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Even with XDG_CONFIG_HOME, nu fails without a HOME variable set and UID
+# without a user account.
+# See https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/18902
+if [ -z "${HOME+x}" ]; then
+	export HOME="$PWD"
+fi
+
 # Running nu in the rpm-ostree script environment fails if the config directory
 # doesn't exist, preventing the pre-remove.nu script from being run.
-if [ -n "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME+x}" ]; then
-	mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
-elif [ -n "${HOME+x}" ]; then
-	mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"
-else
-	export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$PWD/.config"
-	mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
+if [ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME+x}" ]; then
+	export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
 fi
+mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
 
 nu /usr/libexec/nushell/pre-remove.nu