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And I’d also argue that the App Support folder doesn’t apply to CLI/TUI config files either. Apple doesn’t force CLI programs it distributes from storing files
by mbreese 1y ago
And I’d also argue that the App Support folder doesn’t apply to CLI/TUI config files either. Apple doesn’t force CLI programs it distributes from storing files in App Support. If this were the case, wouldn’t you also expect the .ssh folder to be relocated from $HOME to App Support on a Mac?
Much like the original author, my opinion is that you should do the least surprising to the user and if that’s not what the spec says, so be it.
- GoblinSlayer 1y agoMaybe it's because it's not their programs and they want to pull from upstream?
- mbreese 1y agoI completely expect for that to be the case. My point is, there are already programs distributed with macOS that don’t put config in the ~/Library/Application Support folder. Knowing this, I don’t see a good argument for (especially portable) CLI/TUI programs for keeping user editable config data in the App Support folder.