From b17cbe30e2e8593094b14a5635ff173160f68928 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 17:21:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Strip the path to userhome dir on Linux // Resolve #4173
 Issue #4158

---
 platformio/project/helpers.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platformio/project/helpers.py b/platformio/project/helpers.py
index 73945185..2aab20b7 100644
--- a/platformio/project/helpers.py
+++ b/platformio/project/helpers.py
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ def get_default_projects_dir():
     except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
         if not IS_MACOS:
             try:
-                docs_dir = subprocess.check_output(
-                    ["xdg-user-dir", "DOCUMENTS"]
-                ).decode("utf-8")
+                docs_dir = (
+                    subprocess.check_output(["xdg-user-dir", "DOCUMENTS"])
+                    .decode("utf-8")
+                    .strip()
+                )
             except FileNotFoundError:  # command not found
                 pass
     return os.path.join(docs_dir, "PlatformIO", "Projects")