From 94eed819276e28ba38bedc5ab0a287d14ab091bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Iliya Krempeaux <iamreiver@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:45:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] initial commits

---
 rootdir.go | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rootdir.go b/rootdir.go
index 520f3e2..9ead788 100644
--- a/rootdir.go
+++ b/rootdir.go
@@ -32,27 +32,28 @@ const (
 //	fmt.Printf("The maymoon root-dir is at %q \n", rootDir)
 func RootDir() (string, error) {
 
-	var path string
-
 	{
-		path = os.Getenv(publicRootEnvName)
+		path := os.Getenv(publicRootEnvName)
 		if "" != path {
 /////////////////////// RETURN
 			return path, nil
 		}
 	}
 
+	var path string
 	{
 		homedir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 		if nil != err {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("problem getting user home-directory: %s", err)
+/////////////////////// RETURN
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("problem getting user home-directory: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		path := filepath.Join(homedir, publicRootDirName)
-		if "" != path {
-			return path, nil
+		path = filepath.Join(homedir, publicRootDirName)
+		if "" == path {
+/////////////////////// RETURN
+			return "", errors.New("empty path")
 		}
 	}
 
-	return "", nil
+	return path, nil
 }