Function getConfig

src/shared/shared.cpp:181–207

std::shared_ptr<QSettings> getConfig() {
    auto configFilePath = getConfigFilePath();

    // if the file does not exist, we'll just use the standard location
    // while in theory it would have been possible to just write the default location to the file, if we'd ever change
    // it again, we'd leave a lot of systems in the old state, and would have to write some complex code to resolve
    // the situation
    // therefore, the file is simply created, but left empty intentionally
    if (!QFileInfo::exists(configFilePath)) {
        return nullptr;
    }

    auto rv = std::make_shared<QSettings>(configFilePath, QSettings::IniFormat);

    // expand ~ in paths in the config file with $HOME
    const auto keysContainingPath = {
        "AppImageLauncher/destination",
    };
    for (const QString& keyContainingPath : keysContainingPath){
        if (rv->contains(keyContainingPath)) {
            auto newValue = expandTilde(rv->value(keyContainingPath).toString());
            rv->setValue(keyContainingPath, newValue);
        }
    }

    return rv;
}

// TODO: check if this works with Wayland
bool isHeadless() {