From d83db9843ba7bab218ea383d97dc0710b7e2858d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Wimpress <martin@wimpress.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:53:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(public_dir): respect public_dir setting when loading VM

- Read public_dir from the sourced VM config into PUBLIC
- Preserve existing PUBLIC when public_dir is not set
- Prevent PUBLIC being empty when a VM specifies public_dir

Fixes #1634

Signed-off-by: Martin Wimpress <martin@wimpress.org>
---
 quickemu | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index 9af973a..5c3fe5d 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -2214,6 +2214,7 @@ fi
 if [ -n "${VM}" ] && [ -e "${VM}" ]; then
     # shellcheck source=/dev/null
     source "${VM}"
+    PUBLIC="${public_dir:-${PUBLIC}}"
 
     VMDIR=$(dirname "${disk_img}")          # directory the VM disk and state files are stored
     VMNAME=$(basename "${VM}" .conf)        # name of the VM