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by anagram666 1095 days ago
WTF!?!

This already exists. Why you are reinventing the wheel again?!?

A lot of programs already implement the XDG Base Directory Specification[1], putting the configuration in the .config directory. These programs should just follow the ALREADY EXISTING specification.

If you want to understand it, the arch wiki[2] have a good explanation about all the directories.

[1] https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-... [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory
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mcint 1095 days ago
This proposal calls for developers to adopt a standard within their projects, as opposed to addressing where configuration files for installed software should live within a user's home directory.

https://dotmeta.org, note projects

  This site exists to advocate that software libraries look for their config files in .meta directories of projects.

  This is avoid making a mess in the root directory of projects, as this tweet laments.
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-..., note users

  ## Basics
  The XDG Base Directory Specification is based on the following concepts:
  - There is a single base directory relative to which user-specific data files should be written. This directory is defined by the environment variable $XDG_DATA_HOME.
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