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Follow XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux/MacOS
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Update README to reflect config dir changes
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Fix Formating and reword README
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ folder.

On Windows, this folder is `%LOCALAPPDATA%\sni`.

On MacOS, this folder is `~/.sni/`.
On MacOS and Linux, this folder is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` or `$HOME/.config/sni/` with `$HOME/.sni/` as a fallback.
SNI uses the following order when choosing a config folder:
1. `$HOME/.sni/` if it already exists
2. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sni/` if `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is set (not empty)
3. `$HOME/.config/sni/`

During start-up, in the console window, SNI will output where the current log
file is located at:
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions cmd/sni/config/config.go
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Expand Up @@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ func InitDir() {
return
}
Dir = filepath.Join(Dir, ".sni")

// Follow XDG Base Directory Specification
if _, err := os.Stat(Dir); err != nil {
var xdgConfig = os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
if xdgConfig == "" {
homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
xdgConfig = filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config")
}
Dir = filepath.Join(xdgConfig, "sni")
}
}
// make the directory if it doesn't exist:
_ = os.MkdirAll(Dir, 0755|os.ModeDir)
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