Adhere to XDG's configuration specification #1320
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What
This patch set makes 3 changes:
DefaultConfigDirName
constant is used when creating the config directory;DefaultConfigDirName
constant to the XDG default path for configuration;GetConfigDirOrCreate
check the environment variableXDG_CONFIG_HOME
before using the default value;Why
Standardization, organization and customization.
Implications
This change makes the program more predictable, as most Unix tooling already uses the paths from the specification. Furthermore, it makes it more customizable, since the configuration path can be changed through a mere env var.