# Git to use XDG Base Directory Standard 4 messages from 2012-08-22 to 2012-08-23. Participants: Lanoxx, Carlos Martín Nieto, David Aguilar. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31324 ## Lanoxx, 2012-08-22 21:33 Subject: Git to use XDG Base Directory Standard Message-ID: <50355044.7040201@gmx.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/50355044.7040201%40gmx.net ``` Hi, Git and Gitk are currently using the ~/.gitconfig and ~/.gitk files in the $HOME directory. It would be nice to use the XDG Base Directory standard for the location instead, see [1] and [2]. Are there any plans regarding this standard? Best Regards Lanoxx [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html [2] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders ``` ## Carlos Martín Nieto, 2012-08-22 21:44 Subject: Re: Git to use XDG Base Directory Standard Message-ID: <871uiy8uuw.fsf@centaur.cmartin.tk> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/871uiy8uuw.fsf%40centaur.cmartin.tk In-Reply-To: <50355044.7040201@gmx.net> ``` Lanoxx writes: > Hi, > > Git and Gitk are currently using the ~/.gitconfig and ~/.gitk files in > the $HOME directory. It would be nice to use the XDG Base Directory > standard for the location instead, see [1] and [2]. Are there any > plans regarding this standard? Git does this starting at 1.7.12. See the release notes, e.g. at https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt#L18-23 cmn ``` ## David Aguilar, 2012-08-23 02:57 Subject: Re: Git to use XDG Base Directory Standard Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAJDDKr6Jh0c9W1coQLOqrQKW-X7CCF9t_Nr2pW-7ivh0Ae9xrw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <871uiy8uuw.fsf@centaur.cmartin.tk> ``` On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Carlos Martín Nieto wrote: > Lanoxx writes: > >> Hi, >> >> Git and Gitk are currently using the ~/.gitconfig and ~/.gitk files in >> the $HOME directory. It would be nice to use the XDG Base Directory >> standard for the location instead, see [1] and [2]. Are there any >> plans regarding this standard? > > Git does this starting at 1.7.12. See the release notes, e.g. at > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt#L18-23 > > cmn I do not recall whether gitk learned about it (I don't think so). Like all big sweeping changes, these were done in a backwards-compatible way that will allow users to switch over when they are ready. If you are interested in attacking this from the gitk angle then you will want to follow a similar strategy. -- David ``` ## Lanoxx, 2012-08-23 07:22 Subject: Re: Git to use XDG Base Directory Standard Message-ID: <5035DA3C.4030404@gmx.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/5035DA3C.4030404%40gmx.net In-Reply-To: ``` On 23/08/12 04:57, David Aguilar wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Carlos Martín Nieto wrote: >> Lanoxx writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Git and Gitk are currently using the ~/.gitconfig and ~/.gitk files in >>> the $HOME directory. It would be nice to use the XDG Base Directory >>> standard for the location instead, see [1] and [2]. Are there any >>> plans regarding this standard? >> Git does this starting at 1.7.12. See the release notes, e.g. at >> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt#L18-23 >> >> cmn > I do not recall whether gitk learned about it (I don't think so). > > Like all big sweeping changes, these were done in a > backwards-compatible way that will allow users to switch over when > they are ready. If you are interested in attacking this from the gitk > angle then you will want to follow a similar strategy. I just checked it, the code is in https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/gitk-git/gitk:2710 and following. Currently it still saves it to ~/.gitk-new and then renames it to ~/.gitk Unfortunately I do not know Tcl/Tk so I can't provide a patch. But if someone could provide a patch that would be really nice. ```