warrensbox/terraform-switcher

Please respect XDG spec for config storage

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timkrueger commented

The XDG spec defines where config and cache files should be placed.

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

Instead of writing to $HOME, the terraform switcher config directory should be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tfswitch. And the correct location for different terraform versions should be $XDG_CACHE_HOME/tfswitch.

warrensbox commented

I can implement this logic for the next release:
If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used.

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timkrueger commented

@warrensbox Sounds good.

Only $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or also $XDG_CACHE_HOME? E.g.:

$XDG_CACHE_HOME/tfswitch/terraform.versions

Currently the different Terraform versions are stored like that on macOS:

↪ tree ~/.terraform.versions/
/Users/tim/.terraform.versions/
├── RECENT
├── terraform_0.11.14
└── terraform_0.12.25
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