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All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by wet_lettuce@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.

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[–] darkevilmac@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What I find more frustrating is undocumented environment variables to override config locations.

The amount of times I've had to dig through the source code for a CLI to find an environment variable to force the config somewhere should be zero. But it's not.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

This drives me freaking bonkers. A lot of times libraries tend not to expose the env var to discourage its usage but IF YOU MADE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU HAD A USE CASE FOR IT.

[–] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I genuinely do not like apps using environment variables for config if they aren't running in their own contained environment. It makes me uncomfortable.