bread-theme/bread-utils: XDG env hardening and safer temp-file writes

- `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` / `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` are honoured only when absolute
  (XDG spec; matches `bread_utils::xdg`), in layerrules and output.
- `output::atomic_write` pid-suffixes its temp name (`.<name>.tmp.<pid>`)
  so two concurrent `bread-theme generate-output` runs writing the same
  `themes/<output>.css` can't race on one shared `.tmp`.
- `hypr::socket_path` reconstructs `/run/user/<uid>` from the process's
  real uid when `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` is unset, instead of assuming 1000.
- `bread-theme --help` prints to stdout (pipeable); usage on an error
  path (missing args) goes to stderr.

bread-theme/src/bin/bread-theme.rs

@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ fn write_and_report(verb: &str) -> ExitCode {
     }
 }
 
-fn print_help() {
+fn print_help_to(mut w: impl std::io::Write) {
-    eprintln!(
+    let _ = write!(
+        &mut w,
         "bread-theme — shared stylesheet generator\n\n\
          USAGE:\n\
          \x20 bread-theme [generate|reload|path|print|layerrules]\n\
@@ -54,19 +55,29 @@ fn print_help() {
     );
 }
 
+/// Usage/help text. Explicitly requested help (`--help`/`-h`) goes to
+/// **stdout** so it can be piped/grepped; the same text on an error path
+/// (e.g. `generate-output` with no args) goes to stderr via
+/// [`print_help_err`].
+fn print_help() {
+    print_help_to(std::io::stdout());
+}
+
+fn print_help_err() {
+    print_help_to(std::io::stderr());
+}
+
 fn generate_output_cmd() -> ExitCode {
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().skip(2).collect();
-    if args.is_empty()
+    if args.iter().any(|a| matches!(a.as_str(), "-h" | "--help" | "help")) {
-        || args
-            .iter()
-            .any(|a| matches!(a.as_str(), "-h" | "--help" | "help"))
-    {
         print_help();
-        return if args.is_empty() {
+        return ExitCode::SUCCESS;
-            ExitCode::FAILURE
+    }
-        } else {
+    if args.is_empty() {
-            ExitCode::SUCCESS
+        // Missing arguments is an error, not a help request — usage goes to
-        };
+        // stderr.
+        print_help_err();
+        return ExitCode::FAILURE;
     }
 
     let output = args[0].as_str();

bread-theme/src/layerrules.rs

@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use crate::shell::ShellTheme;
 
 fn config_home() -> PathBuf {
+    // XDG spec: `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is only honored when it's an *absolute*
+    // path; a relative value must be ignored (matches `bread_utils::xdg`).
     if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") {
-        if !v.is_empty() {
+        let p = PathBuf::from(&v);
-            return PathBuf::from(v);
+        if p.is_absolute() {
+            return p;
         }
     }
     dirs::home_dir()
@@ -110,6 +113,32 @@ mod tests {
         });
     }
 
+    /// True if any file under `dir` has a name containing `.tmp.` (a
+    /// leftover from `output::atomic_write`'s pid-suffixed temp files).
+    fn has_leftover_tmp(dir: &Path) -> bool {
+        fn walk(p: &Path) -> bool {
+            let Ok(entries) = std::fs::read_dir(p) else {
+                return false;
+            };
+            for entry in entries.flatten() {
+                let path = entry.path();
+                if path.is_dir() {
+                    if walk(&path) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                } else if path
+                    .file_name()
+                    .and_then(|n| n.to_str())
+                    .is_some_and(|n| n.contains(".tmp."))
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            false
+        }
+        walk(dir)
+    }
+
     /// `load_named("liquid-motion")` resolves through discovery (user dir,
     /// then system dir, then the compiled-in builtin) — isolate
     /// `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` to an empty dir so this can't pick up a real
@@ -166,7 +195,7 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(path, dir.join("hypr").join("layerrules.json"));
             assert!(path.is_file());
             // No leftover .tmp file after the atomic rename.
-            assert!(!path.with_file_name("layerrules.json.tmp").exists());
+            assert!(!has_leftover_tmp(dir));
 
             let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap();
             let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&contents).unwrap();
@@ -176,7 +205,7 @@ mod tests {
             // leave a stale temp file behind.
             let path2 = write_layerrules_active().unwrap();
             assert_eq!(path, path2);
-            assert!(!path.with_file_name("layerrules.json.tmp").exists());
+            assert!(!has_leftover_tmp(dir));
         });
     }
 }

bread-theme/src/output.rs

@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ use crate::{load_palette, stylesheet};
 
 /// Session-scoped `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bread`, same fallback as [`crate::shared_css_path`].
 pub(crate) fn runtime_bread_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    // XDG spec: `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` is only honored when set to a non-empty,
+    // *absolute* path; a relative value must be ignored.
     if let Ok(rt) = std::env::var("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") {
-        if !rt.is_empty() {
+        let p = PathBuf::from(&rt);
-            return PathBuf::from(rt).join("bread");
+        if !rt.is_empty() && p.is_absolute() {
+            return p.join("bread");
         }
     }
     dirs::cache_dir()
@@ -58,9 +61,13 @@ pub(crate) fn atomic_write(path: &Path, contents: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
         std::fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
     }
+    // Pad the temp name with the pid (matching `bread_utils::atomic`) so two
+    // concurrent writers for the same target can't race on one shared `.tmp`
+    // file — e.g. two `bread-theme generate-output` runs writing the same
+    // `themes/<output>.css` at once.
     let tmp = match path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()) {
-        Some(name) => path.with_file_name(format!("{name}.tmp")),
+        Some(name) => path.with_file_name(format!(".{name}.tmp.{}", std::process::id())),
-        None => path.with_extension("tmp"),
+        None => path.with_extension(format!("tmp.{}", std::process::id())),
     };
     std::fs::write(&tmp, contents)?;
     std::fs::rename(&tmp, path)?;

bread-utils/src/hypr.rs

@@ -36,10 +36,17 @@ pub enum Socket {
 /// `HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE` + `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`. Returns `None` if
 /// `HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE` isn't set (Hyprland isn't running, or we're
 /// not inside a Hyprland session) — `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` falls back to
-/// `/run/user/1000` if unset, matching `breadmon`'s existing fallback.
+/// `/run/user/<uid>` (this process's real uid, or the historical
+/// `/run/user/1000` if that can't be read) when unset.
 pub fn socket_path(kind: Socket) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     let sig = env::var("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE").ok()?;
-    let rt = env::var("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR").unwrap_or_else(|_| "/run/user/1000".to_string());
+    // `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` is normally `/run/user/<uid>`; when it's unset,
+    // reconstruct that from the process's real uid instead of assuming uid
+    // 1000, so the socket path is right for any account.
+    let rt = env::var("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .unwrap_or_else(fallback_runtime_dir);
     let file = match kind {
         Socket::Request => ".socket.sock",
         Socket::Events => ".socket2.sock",
@@ -47,6 +54,21 @@ pub fn socket_path(kind: Socket) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     Some(PathBuf::from(format!("{rt}/hypr/{sig}/{file}")))
 }
 
+/// `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`'s conventional `/run/user/<uid>` value, derived from
+/// this process's real uid (`Uid:` line in `/proc/self/status`). Falls back
+/// to the historical `/run/user/1000` if that can't be read.
+fn fallback_runtime_dir() -> String {
+    let status = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/self/status").unwrap_or_default();
+    for line in status.lines() {
+        if let Some(rest) = line.strip_prefix("Uid:") {
+            if let Some(uid) = rest.split_whitespace().next() {
+                return format!("/run/user/{uid}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    "/run/user/1000".to_string()
+}
+
 /// Send `request` (e.g. `"j/activewindow"`, `"j/monitors"`) to the socket1
 /// IPC socket and return the raw response body. Blocking/synchronous — this
 /// matches every current consumer (breadbox, breadclip), which call it from
@@ -222,6 +244,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(win.fullscreen.is_fullscreen());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn fallback_runtime_dir_is_user_uid_shaped() {
+        let dir = fallback_runtime_dir();
+        assert!(dir.starts_with("/run/user/"), "got {dir}");
+        let uid = dir.trim_start_matches("/run/user/");
+        assert!(
+            !uid.is_empty() && uid.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()),
+            "fallback uid is not numeric: {uid}"
+        );
+    }
+
     // Both env-var-dependent cases share one test function: `set_var`/
     // `remove_var` are process-global, and cargo runs tests in parallel
     // threads by default, so two separate #[test] fns racing on the same