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Update WinGet configuration file location & extension #37673

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@mdanish-kh mdanish-kh commented Feb 27, 2025

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The new convention for WinGet configuration files if to place them in a .config directory with file extension .winget. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/configuration/create#file-naming-convention

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@mdanish-kh mdanish-kh changed the title Update configuration file location & extension Update WinGet configuration file location & extension Feb 27, 2025
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denelon commented Feb 27, 2025

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crutkas commented Feb 28, 2025

nice!

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crutkas commented Feb 28, 2025

can we move the .configurations into the .config folder?

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@crutkas Are you suggesting a structure as .config/. configurations/<.winget files>? I'm not sure if that would be in line with the recommendation 🤔. @denelon Any thoughts?

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My only concern would be if others start to adopt the powertoys way since it has been mentioned as a "reference repository" in quite a few places

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