Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master'

premise/filesystem_constants.py

@@ -5,15 +5,34 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import platformdirs
+import yaml
+
+
+def load_var_file():
+    """Check if the variable file exists and load it."""
+    var_file = Path.cwd() / "variables.yaml"
+    if var_file.exists():
+        with open(var_file, "r") as f:
+            return yaml.safe_load(f)
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
+VARIABLES = load_var_file() or {}
 
 # Directories for data which comes with Premise
 DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "data"
 INVENTORY_DIR = DATA_DIR / "additional_inventories"
 VARIABLES_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "iam_variables_mapping"
 IAM_OUTPUT_DIR = DATA_DIR / "iam_output_files"
 
-# Directories for user-created data
-USER_DATA_BASE_DIR = platformdirs.user_data_path(appname="premise", appauthor="pylca")
+if "USER_DATA_BASE_DIR" in VARIABLES:
+    USER_DATA_BASE_DIR = Path(VARIABLES.get("USER_DATA_BASE_DIR"))
+    print(f"USER_DATA_BASE_DIR: {USER_DATA_BASE_DIR}")
+else:
+    USER_DATA_BASE_DIR = platformdirs.user_data_path(
+        appname="premise", appauthor="pylca"
+    )
 USER_DATA_BASE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 DIR_CACHED_DB = USER_DATA_BASE_DIR / "cache"