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Follow the XDG directory spec for templates directory #88

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jasonkarns opened this issue Nov 8, 2014 · 2 comments
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Follow the XDG directory spec for templates directory #88

jasonkarns opened this issue Nov 8, 2014 · 2 comments

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@jasonkarns
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Can we follow the XDG specification for where to place configuration files? These templates would be best placed in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/grunt-init/templates. Or similar; the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME being the crucial part.

Dropping a mass of configuration files in $HOME is antiquated. It causes a mass of files in one's home directory and inability to easily configure or move the config-home (to say, a network mount).
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A partway solution that many projects have adopted to ease the transition, is to use the traditional $HOME directory unless the XDG directory exists; thereby making XDG support (at least at first) an opt-in only situation.

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Agreed. Could use xdg-basedir.

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