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14 changes: 9 additions & 5 deletions docs/config/index.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ Ghostty is configured using a text-based configuration file.

### File Location

The configuration file, `config`, is loaded from these locations in the following order:
The configuration file is named `config.ghostty` (or `config` before 1.2.3),
is loaded from these locations in the following order:

#### XDG configuration Path (all platforms):
- `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghostty/config`.
- if **XDG_CONFIG_HOME** is not defined, it defaults to `$HOME/.config/ghostty/config`.
#### macOS-specific Path (macOS only):
- `$HOME/Library/Application\ Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config.ghostty`.
- `$HOME/Library/Application\ Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config`.
- macOS also supports the XDG configuration path mentioned above.
- macOS also supports the XDG configuration path mentioned below.

#### XDG configuration Path (all platforms):
- `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghostty/config.ghostty`
- `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghostty/config`
- if **XDG_CONFIG_HOME** is not defined, it defaults to `$HOME/.config/ghostty/config`.

If both locations exist, they are loaded in the order above
with conflicting values in later files overriding earlier ones.
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