fix: respect env vars and settings.json for DATA_DIR resolution (#1344)

SettingsDefaultsManager.get() returned only the hardcoded default,
ignoring both environment variables and settings.json overrides. This
meant CLAUDE_MEM_DATA_DIR set via env or settings file had no effect
on paths.ts (and other callers using get()).

Two changes:
- get() now checks process.env before falling back to the default
- paths.ts resolves DATA_DIR with full priority: env var > settings.json
  at the default location > hardcoded default

The settings file read uses a synchronous bootstrap pattern to avoid
circular dependencies (DATA_DIR is needed to locate the settings file,
so we check the default path only).

Fixes #1303

Signed-off-by: umut-polat <52835619+umut-polat@users.noreply.github.com>

src/shared/paths.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,37 @@ const _dirname = getDirname();
  */
 
 // Base directories
-export const DATA_DIR = SettingsDefaultsManager.get('CLAUDE_MEM_DATA_DIR');
+// Resolve DATA_DIR with full priority: env var > settings.json > default.
+// SettingsDefaultsManager.get() handles env > default. For settings file
+// support, we do a one-time synchronous read of the default settings path
+// to check if the user configured a custom DATA_DIR there.
+function resolveDataDir(): string {
+  // 1. Environment variable (highest priority) — already handled by get()
+  if (process.env.CLAUDE_MEM_DATA_DIR) {
+    return process.env.CLAUDE_MEM_DATA_DIR;
+  }
+
+  // 2. Settings file at the default location
+  const defaultDataDir = join(homedir(), '.claude-mem');
+  const settingsPath = join(defaultDataDir, 'settings.json');
+  try {
+    if (existsSync(settingsPath)) {
+      const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
+      const raw = JSON.parse(readFileSync(settingsPath, 'utf-8'));
+      const settings = raw.env ?? raw; // handle legacy nested schema
+      if (settings.CLAUDE_MEM_DATA_DIR) {
+        return settings.CLAUDE_MEM_DATA_DIR;
+      }
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // settings file missing or corrupt — fall through to default
+  }
+
+  // 3. Hardcoded default
+  return defaultDataDir;
+}
+
+export const DATA_DIR = resolveDataDir();
 // Note: CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR is a Claude Code setting, not claude-mem, so leave as env var
 export const CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR = process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR || join(homedir(), '.claude');