chore(release): 0.3.0 [skip ci]

feat: add configurable output directory with validation

src/StreamShorts.Console/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [versionize](https://github.com/versionize/versionize) for commit guidelines.
 
+<a name="0.3.0"></a>
+## [0.3.0](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/releases/tag/v0.3.0) (2025-10-09)
+
+### Features
+
+* add configurable output directory with validation ([8632f88](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/commit/8632f88817c78663c632156a490eb118b802fef6))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* use file system abstraction in base directory method. thanks copilot 🤖 ([6ebec7c](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/commit/6ebec7c2859200fd6c4374a84786c21dfa143171))
+
 <a name="0.2.0"></a>
 ## [0.2.0](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/releases/tag/v0.2.0) (2025-08-21)
 

src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
   ITranscriber transcriber,
   ITranscriptAnalyzer transcriptAnalyzer,
   IShortsCreator shortsCreator,
-  TimeProvider timeProvider
+  TimeProvider timeProvider,
+  IConfiguration appConfig,
+  ILogger<DefaultCommand> logger
 ) : AsyncCommand<DefaultCommand.Settings>
 {
   private readonly JsonSerializerOptions _jsonSerializerOptions = new()
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
   private readonly ITranscriptAnalyzer _transcriptAnalyzer = transcriptAnalyzer ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(transcriptAnalyzer));
   private readonly IShortsCreator _shortsCreator = shortsCreator ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(shortsCreator));
   private readonly TimeProvider _timeProvider = timeProvider ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(timeProvider));
+  private readonly IConfiguration _appConfig = appConfig ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(appConfig));
+  private readonly ILogger<DefaultCommand> _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
 
   /// <summary>
   /// Represents the settings for the default command.
@@ -99,8 +103,9 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
 
     var now = _timeProvider.GetUtcNow();
     var inputFileName = _fileSystem.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(settings.Stream);
-    var outputDirectory = $"{now:yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}_{inputFileName}";
-    var outputDirectoryPath = _fileSystem.Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, outputDirectory);
+    var baseDirectory = ValidateAndGetBaseOutputDirectory();
+    var artifactsOutputDirectory = $"{now:yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}_{inputFileName}";
+    var outputDirectoryPath = _fileSystem.Path.Combine(baseDirectory, artifactsOutputDirectory);
 
     _fileSystem.Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectoryPath);
 
@@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
       });
 
     var directoryUri = new Uri(outputDirectoryPath).AbsoluteUri;
-    var panel = new Panel($"[blue link={directoryUri}]{outputDirectory}[/]")
+    var panel = new Panel($"[blue link={directoryUri}]{artifactsOutputDirectory}[/]")
     {
       Header = new PanelHeader($"[blue]Shorts created[/] [green]successfully![/]")
     };
@@ -152,6 +157,39 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
     return (int)ExitCode.SuccessFullyProcessedStream;
   }
 
+  private string ValidateAndGetBaseOutputDirectory()
+  {
+    var baseDirectory = _appConfig.GetValue<string>("OutputDirectory");
+
+    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(baseDirectory))
+    {
+      return AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+      var fullPath = _fileSystem.Path.GetFullPath(baseDirectory);
+
+      if (_fileSystem.Directory.Exists(fullPath) is false)
+      {
+        _fileSystem.Directory.CreateDirectory(fullPath);
+      }
+
+      return fullPath;
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex) when (
+      ex is ArgumentException
+        or NotSupportedException
+        or PathTooLongException
+        or DirectoryNotFoundException
+        or UnauthorizedAccessException
+    )
+    {
+      _logger.LogWarning(ex, "The configured output directory '{BaseDirectory}' is invalid. Defaulting to application base directory.", baseDirectory);
+      return AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+    }
+  }
+
   private enum ExitCode
   {
     FailedToExtractAudio,

src/StreamShorts.Console/StreamShorts.Console.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <AssemblyTitle>StreamShorts.Console</AssemblyTitle>
     <Product>StreamShorts.Console</Product>
     <Description>A command-line interface for StreamShorts</Description>
-    <Version>0.2.0</Version>
+    <Version>0.3.0</Version>
     <Authors>Stevan Freeborn</Authors>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>