From 38952e490dbe40cb4e9208cbc0b1e8cb33e55638 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:01:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: robustly handle non-existent initial directory in
 choose-files kitten

---
 kittens/choose_files/main.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kittens/choose_files/main.go b/kittens/choose_files/main.go
index ceea4b66c..91c490b6f 100644
--- a/kittens/choose_files/main.go
+++ b/kittens/choose_files/main.go
@@ -983,7 +983,11 @@ func main(_ *cli.Command, opts *Options, args []string) (rc int, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 	if st, serr := os.Stat(default_cwd); serr != nil || !st.IsDir() {
-		default_cwd = utils.Expanduser("~")
+		if home := utils.Expanduser("~"); home != "~" {
+			default_cwd = home
+		} else {
+			default_cwd = "/"
+		}
 	}
 
 	lp.OnInitialize = func() (string, error) {