Document Repository and Data Release should not store uploaded files in the codebase #5062
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Right now both modules create a custom
user_uploads/
directory within the source code for user uploads. I don't think there is a good reason for this (but correct me if you know why this was done).Other modules have a config setting like
$module_upload_path
which is customizable. This is preferable to having a hard-coded path, especially one that mixes user data with source code.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: