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Whatever you do, use the xdg_base_dirs python package for Unix dotfile location management… not platformdirs. They refuse to honor (even optionally!) xdg envir

by spott 3y ago

Whatever you do, use the xdg_base_dirs python package for Unix dotfile location management… not platformdirs. They refuse to honor (even optionally!) xdg environment variables on macs, which is a pita when managing dotfiles across Mac/linux systems, not to mention the “official” macOS way of managing things is just annoying to deal with when you are typing things in the terminal.

hulitu 3y ago
> They refuse to honor (even optionally!) xdg environment variables on macs Who is xdg and why it's polluting my home dir ? Why not use system defaults and only if and when a user changes something, create a hidden config file ?