From 449c6df2f1b90141efd6e06d409d8c78d1b872b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gorka <gorka@aquigorka.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:37:45 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add BASE_DIR override for non-default repo locations

Allows `BASE_DIR=~/projects ./up.sh` instead of setting each repo
path individually. Defaults to ~/repos for backwards compatibility.
---
 README.md | 15 ++++++++-------
 up.sh     | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0abf010..282ff4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,15 +24,16 @@ Clone all repos to `~/repos/`:
 └── network-dashboard/      # Network monitoring dashboard
 ```
 
-Override repo paths with environment variables:
+If your repos live somewhere other than `~/repos/`, set `BASE_DIR`:
 
 ```bash
-SOROBAN_CORE_PATH=~/repos/soroban-core \
-PROVIDER_PLATFORM_PATH=~/repos/provider-platform \
-PROVIDER_CONSOLE_PATH=~/repos/provider-console \
-COUNCIL_CONSOLE_PATH=~/repos/council-console \
-NETWORK_DASHBOARD_PATH=~/repos/network-dashboard \
-./up.sh
+BASE_DIR=~/projects ./up.sh
+```
+
+You can also override individual repo paths:
+
+```bash
+SOROBAN_CORE_PATH=~/other/soroban-core ./up.sh
 ```
 
 ## Local Dev
diff --git a/up.sh b/up.sh
index d5374c3..54d3a8d 100755
--- a/up.sh
+++ b/up.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ set -euo pipefail
 #
 # Usage: ./up.sh
 
-SOROBAN_CORE_PATH="${SOROBAN_CORE_PATH:-$HOME/repos/soroban-core}"
-PROVIDER_PLATFORM_PATH="${PROVIDER_PLATFORM_PATH:-$HOME/repos/provider-platform}"
-PROVIDER_CONSOLE_PATH="${PROVIDER_CONSOLE_PATH:-$HOME/repos/provider-console}"
-COUNCIL_CONSOLE_PATH="${COUNCIL_CONSOLE_PATH:-$HOME/repos/council-console}"
-NETWORK_DASHBOARD_PATH="${NETWORK_DASHBOARD_PATH:-$HOME/repos/network-dashboard}"
+BASE_DIR="${BASE_DIR:-$HOME/repos}"
+SOROBAN_CORE_PATH="${SOROBAN_CORE_PATH:-$BASE_DIR/soroban-core}"
+PROVIDER_PLATFORM_PATH="${PROVIDER_PLATFORM_PATH:-$BASE_DIR/provider-platform}"
+PROVIDER_CONSOLE_PATH="${PROVIDER_CONSOLE_PATH:-$BASE_DIR/provider-console}"
+COUNCIL_CONSOLE_PATH="${COUNCIL_CONSOLE_PATH:-$BASE_DIR/council-console}"
+NETWORK_DASHBOARD_PATH="${NETWORK_DASHBOARD_PATH:-$BASE_DIR/network-dashboard}"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 
 # Ports (offset from local-dev defaults to prevent collisions)