From 2a871ef0184da3b021209881dfa48e3cfdaa9d26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gus Eggert <gus@gus.dev>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 08:58:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add Snap note about customizing IPFS_PATH (#8584)

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 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc609152b..8c279efe0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ With snap, in any of the [supported Linux distributions](https://snapcraft.io/do
 $ sudo snap install ipfs
 ```
 
+The snap sets `IPFS_PATH` to `SNAP_USER_COMMON`, which is usually `~/snap/ipfs/common`. If you want to use `~/.ipfs` instead, you can bind-mount it to `~/snap/ipfs/common` like this:
+
+```sudo mount --bind ~/.ipfs ~/snap/ipfs/common```
+
+If you want something more sophisticated to escape the snap confinement, we recommend using a different method to install `go-ipfs` so that it is not subject to snap confinement.
+
 #### macOS package managers
 
 - [MacPorts](#macports)