From e1817027b1aafee74fd7d38ef109c932cb6758de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 22:36:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] settings: add existence check in addition to RO check

---
 quickshell/Common/SessionData.qml  | 2 +-
 quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Common/SessionData.qml b/quickshell/Common/SessionData.qml
index 8016d7fb..685f3bdc 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/SessionData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/SessionData.qml
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ Singleton {
 
         property string sessionPath: Paths.strip(settingsFile.path)
 
-        command: ["sh", "-c", "[ -w \"" + sessionPath + "\" ] && echo 'writable' || echo 'readonly'"]
+        command: ["sh", "-c", "[ ! -f \"" + sessionPath + "\" ] || [ -w \"" + sessionPath + "\" ] && echo 'writable' || echo 'readonly'"]
         running: false
 
         stdout: StdioCollector {
diff --git a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
index 216b03d9..1d81fac5 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ Singleton {
 
         property string settingsPath: Paths.strip(settingsFile.path)
 
-        command: ["sh", "-c", "[ -w \"" + settingsPath + "\" ] && echo 'writable' || echo 'readonly'"]
+        command: ["sh", "-c", "[ ! -f \"" + settingsPath + "\" ] || [ -w \"" + settingsPath + "\" ] && echo 'writable' || echo 'readonly'"]
         running: false
 
         stdout: StdioCollector {