From 94a3ac37a0892f2d51c0eeb19124e07632c7a23b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Giudiceandrea <andreaerdna@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:24:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix handling of searchPathsForPlugins in qgisapp

---
 src/app/qgisapp.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
index ea03bdb3ba6..39b6ffa9618 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -1604,10 +1604,10 @@ QgisApp::QgisApp( QSplashScreen *splash, bool restorePlugins, bool skipBadLayers
     QgsPluginRegistry::instance()->restoreSessionPlugins( QgsApplication::pluginPath() );
 
     // Also restore plugins from user specified plugin directories
-    QString myPaths = settings.value( QStringLiteral( "plugins/searchPathsForPlugins" ), "" ).toString();
-    if ( !myPaths.isEmpty() )
+    QStringList myPathList = settings.value( QStringLiteral( "plugins/searchPathsForPlugins" ) ).toStringList();
+    if ( !myPathList.isEmpty() )
     {
-      QStringList myPathList = myPaths.split( '|' );
+      myPathList.removeDuplicates();
       QgsPluginRegistry::instance()->restoreSessionPlugins( myPathList );
     }
   }