Stash.app cannot find config file on MacOS

[shanty-chits]

Describe the bug
On Mac, opening the latest development Stash.app opens the new setup screen no matter what. Console logs show current working directory as <private> even though the app is located with the library on a removable volume. Granting Stash.app full disk permissions does not fix the issue. If the setup wizard is completed, it ends with error creating config file: open config.yml: read-only file system. If -c or --config flags are passed like open Stash.app --args -c [path/to/config], the app does not open at all. If a symlink to the config file is placed in $HOME/.config/stash, the new setup screen still opens.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Open Stash

Stash Version: (from Settings -> About):
v0.12.0-40-gc857e301

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: MacOS 12.2 Monterey

[kermieisinthehouse]

Hi, thanks for the report. We'll get this fixed before this hits stable.

Out of curiosity, when you filled out the setup to create a new stash folder, which option did you choose? If you put it in your home folder, does it work?

Is this a fresh Monterrey install, or did you upgrade an existing system to it?

[shanty-chits]

Out of curiosity, when you filled out the setup to create a new stash folder, which option did you choose? If you put it in your home folder, does it work?

Selecting "current working directory" fails with the indicated error. Selecting the $HOME option hangs and the program has to be force-quit. Moving the app to the home folder doesn't seem to have any effect.

Is this a fresh Monterrey install, or did you upgrade an existing system to it?

Upgrade from an existing system.

[kermieisinthehouse]

Alright, I think I've got a handle on what's causing this. I need special handling on MacOS for "current directory".

[kermieisinthehouse]

Using open ./Downloads/Stash.app --args -c ~/my_custom_path/stash/config.yml should be a workaround at the moment.

[MC1R-13]

This must be Monterey-specific. The latest Big Sur (11.6.4) has no such issue.

[newadventure079]

I'm on macOS 12.2.1 and am seeing this too.

open /Applications/stash/Stash.app/ --args -c /Applications/stash/config.yml doesn't work. The command completes and nothing happens

[newadventure079]

I finally got this to work. Not with the -c arg, but I left all that out and just ran open Stash.app and moved my config file from where I had it before to ~/.stash so it would pick it up. I had to massage my config file because it was for version .13 and this .app file was build against .12.

I found a couple of bugs specific for macOS and I'll report those separately

[DingDongSoLong4]

With the new Stash.app from #4153, open Stash.app --args -c <PATH_TO_CONFIG_YML> now works (tested on macOS 14.1.1).

An .app cannot reliably access the current directory, so if you use the .app you either need to move your config.yml to $HOME/.stash/config.yml or use the open command above to specify its location using the -c flag.