chore(release): 0.3.0 [skip ci]

feat: add configurable output directory with validation

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 ##
 ## Get latest from `dotnet new gitignore`
 
+# published files
+dist/
+
 # dotenv files
 .env
 appsettings*.json

src/StreamShorts.Console/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,31 @@
 
 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)
+
+### Features
+
+* display location of output with link inside panel ([57e95b2](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/commit/57e95b2ea19ea97019df70bd7a5414984faaa1c7))
+
+<a name="0.1.0"></a>
+## [0.1.0](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/releases/tag/v0.1.0) (2025-08-21)
+
+### Features
+
+* fallback to static AnsiConsole if exception occurs before registered in DI container ([d560909](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/commit/d560909f16f0a97b399f8139f94b6f2fe07cf033))
+
 <a name="0.0.0"></a>
 ## [0.0.0](https://www.github.com/StevanFreeborn/stream-shorts/releases/tag/v0.0.0) (2025-08-20)
 

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.
@@ -71,10 +75,7 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
 
     await _console.Status()
       .Spinner(Spinner.Known.Dots)
-      .StartAsync("Extracting audio...", async _ =>
-      {
-        audioStream = await _audioExtractor.ExtractMp3FromMp4Async(videoStream);
-      });
+      .StartAsync("Extracting audio...", async _ => audioStream = await _audioExtractor.ExtractMp3FromMp4Async(videoStream));
 
     if (audioStream is null)
     {
@@ -102,10 +103,9 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
 
     var now = _timeProvider.GetUtcNow();
     var inputFileName = _fileSystem.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(settings.Stream);
-    var outputDirectoryPath = _fileSystem.Path.Combine(
-      AppContext.BaseDirectory,
-      $"{now:yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}_{inputFileName}"
-    );
+    var baseDirectory = ValidateAndGetBaseOutputDirectory();
+    var artifactsOutputDirectory = $"{now:yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}_{inputFileName}";
+    var outputDirectoryPath = _fileSystem.Path.Combine(baseDirectory, artifactsOutputDirectory);
 
     _fileSystem.Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectoryPath);
 
@@ -118,10 +118,7 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
 
     await _console.Status()
       .Spinner(Spinner.Known.Dots)
-      .StartAsync("Analyzing transcript...", async _ =>
-      {
-        analysis = await _transcriptAnalyzer.AnalyzeAsync(transcriptionSegments);
-      });
+      .StartAsync("Analyzing transcript...", async _ => analysis = await _transcriptAnalyzer.AnalyzeAsync(transcriptionSegments));
 
     if (analysis is null)
     {
@@ -149,14 +146,54 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
         }
       });
 
-    _console.MarkupLine($"[blue]Shorts created[/] [green]successfully![/]");
+    var directoryUri = new Uri(outputDirectoryPath).AbsoluteUri;
+    var panel = new Panel($"[blue link={directoryUri}]{artifactsOutputDirectory}[/]")
+    {
+      Header = new PanelHeader($"[blue]Shorts created[/] [green]successfully![/]")
+    };
 
-    return 0;
+    _console.Write(panel);
+
+    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,
     FailedToAnalyzeTranscript,
+    SuccessFullyProcessedStream,
   }
 }

src/StreamShorts.Console/Hosting/HostBuilderExtensions.cs

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ internal static class HostBuilderExtensions
     app.Configure(static c =>
       c.SetExceptionHandler(static (ex, resolver) =>
       {
-        var console = resolver?.Resolve(typeof(IAnsiConsole)) as IAnsiConsole;
-        console?.MarkupLine($"[red]An error occurred while executing the command:[/]");
-        console?.WriteException(ex, ExceptionFormats.ShortenEverything);
+        var console = resolver?.Resolve(typeof(IAnsiConsole)) as IAnsiConsole ?? AnsiConsole.Console;
+        console.MarkupLine($"[red]An error occurred while executing the command:[/]");
+        console.WriteException(ex, ExceptionFormats.ShortenEverything);
       })
     );
 

src/StreamShorts.Console/Program.cs

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ try
       services.AddSingleton(TimeProvider.System);
       services.AddSingleton<IAudioExtractor, AudioExtractor>();
       services.AddSingleton<ITranscriber, WhisperTranscriber>();
-      services.AddSingleton<ITranscriptAnalyzer, GeminiAnalyzer>(sp =>
+      services.AddSingleton<ITranscriptAnalyzer, GeminiAnalyzer>(static sp =>
       {
         const string modelOptionName = "Model";
         const string keyOptionName = "ApiKey";

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>0.0.0</Version>
+    <Version>0.3.0</Version>
     <Authors>Stevan Freeborn</Authors>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>