From 0afca3d4f6a486b9491dfba7a0f743e64fe2d99e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sammy <38820196+TorchedSammy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 22:23:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: dont append to path if dir is already there (resolves
 #52)

---
 lua.go | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua.go b/lua.go
index fb5554a..367dd89 100644
--- a/lua.go
+++ b/lua.go
@@ -123,10 +123,14 @@ func hshalias(L *lua.LState) int {
 }
 
 func hshappendPath(L *lua.LState) int {
-	path := L.CheckString(1)
-	path = strings.Replace(path, "~", curuser.HomeDir, 1)
+	dir := L.CheckString(1)
+	dir = strings.Replace(dir, "~", curuser.HomeDir, 1)
+	pathenv := os.Getenv("PATH")
 
-	os.Setenv("PATH", os.Getenv("PATH") + ":" + path)
+	// if dir isnt already in $PATH, add it
+	if !strings.Contains(pathenv, dir) {
+		os.Setenv("PATH", pathenv + ":" + dir)
+	}
 
 	return 0
 }