update

ts/paths.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ export const packageDir = plugins.path.join(
   plugins.smartpath.get.dirnameFromImportMetaUrl(import.meta.url),
   '../'
 );
-export const dataDir = plugins.path.join(baseDir, 'data');
+
+// Configure data directory with environment variable or default to .nogit/data
+const DEFAULT_DATA_PATH = '.nogit/data';
+export const dataDir = process.env.DATA_DIR 
+  ? process.env.DATA_DIR 
+  : plugins.path.join(baseDir, DEFAULT_DATA_PATH);
 
 // MTA directories 
 export const keysDir = plugins.path.join(dataDir, 'keys');