MySensors: Allow user to specify persistence file

homeassistant/components/mysensors/config_flow.py

@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ def _get_schema_common() -> dict:
     schema = {
         vol.Required(
             CONF_VERSION, default="", description={"suggested_value": DEFAULT_VERSION}
-        ): str
+        ): str,
+        vol.Optional(
+            CONF_PERSISTENCE_FILE,
+        ): str,
     }
     return schema
 

homeassistant/components/mysensors/gateway.py

@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ async def _get_gateway(
         raise ValueError(
             "no unique id! either give configEntry for auto-extraction or explicitly give one"
         )
-    persistence_file = data.get(
-        CONF_PERSISTENCE_FILE, hass.config.path(f"mysensors_{unique_id}.pickle")
-    )
+    persistence_file = data.get(CONF_PERSISTENCE_FILE, f"mysensors_{unique_id}.pickle")
+    # interpret relative paths to be in hass config folder. absolute paths will be left as they are
+    persistence_file = hass.config.path(persistence_file)
     version = data.get(CONF_VERSION)
     device = data.get(CONF_DEVICE)
     baud_rate = data.get(CONF_BAUD_RATE)

homeassistant/components/mysensors/translations/en.json

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         "data": {
           "optimistic": "optimistic",
           "persistence": "persistence",
-          "persistence_file": "persistence file name",
           "gateway_type_mqtt": "MQTT"
         },
         "description": "Choose connection method to the gateway"
@@ -31,7 +30,8 @@
         "data": {
           "device": "IP address of the gateway",
           "tcp_port": "port",
-          "version": "MySensors version"
+          "version": "MySensors version",
+          "persistence_file": "persistence file (leave empty to auto-generate)"
         }
       },
       "gw_serial": {
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
         "data": {
           "device": "Serial port",
           "baud_rate": "baud rate",
-          "version": "MySensors version"
+          "version": "MySensors version",
+          "persistence_file": "persistence file (leave empty to auto-generate)"
         }
       },
       "gw_mqtt": {
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@
           "retain": "mqtt retain",
           "topic_in_prefix": "prefix for input topics (topic_in_prefix)",
           "topic_out_prefix": "prefix for output topics (topic_out_prefix)",
-          "version": "MySensors version"
+          "version": "MySensors version",
+          "persistence_file": "persistence file (leave empty to auto-generate)"
         }
       }
     }