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# Paths and Environment Variables
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Navi uses the [`directories-next`](https://crates.io/crates/directories-next) package, which
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defines platform-specific standard locations of directories for config, cache and other data.
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Mac users, this is why your files are being stored in `~/Library/Application Support/navi`.
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To set custom paths for your config and cheat sheets, you can set the following
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environment variables:
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```zsh
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export NAVI_CONFIG="~/.config/navi/config.yaml"
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export NAVI_PATH="~/.local/share/navi"
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```
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Despite `$NAVI_PATH` being set, it will not be used when installing cheat
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sheets directly via navi's own commands.
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For example when running `navi add repo <repo>`, the default paths as per the `directories-next`
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package will still be used.
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To avoid this, you may simply clone repos via a regular `git clone` command,
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directly into `$NAVI_PATH`.
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Note! `navi info cheats-path` and `navi info config-path` display the *default* path, not
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the path set by the user. [It is known that this is a little misleading!](https://github.com/denisidoro/navi/issues/664#issuecomment-1004721178).
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