From 859958794cc4473ae8c891d2478eaa1daf485246 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grant Sanderson <grant@3blue1brown.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:25:22 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Make default output directory "." instead of ""

To address https://github.com/3b1b/manim/issues/2261
---
 manimlib/scene/scene_file_writer.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manimlib/scene/scene_file_writer.py b/manimlib/scene/scene_file_writer.py
index a29b347f..b7ada355 100644
--- a/manimlib/scene/scene_file_writer.py
+++ b/manimlib/scene/scene_file_writer.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class SceneFileWriter(object):
         # What python file is generating this scene
         input_file_path: str = "",
         # Where should this be written
-        output_directory: str = "",
+        output_directory: str = ".",
         file_name: str | None = None,
         open_file_upon_completion: bool = False,
         show_file_location_upon_completion: bool = False,