XDG base directory specification compatibility for Git #267
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Before the Gir snowblock symlinked to the default dotfiles within the
home directory, but Git also fully supports the XDG base directory
specification [1]. So in order to get a step further regarding a
"clean home directory root" the files have been moved to the dedicated
XDG directory.
- Global (`--global`) configuration file [2]
`~/.gitconfig` -> `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/config`
- Global exclude file [3]
`~/.gitignore` -> `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/ignore`
- Global attributes file [4]
`~/.gitattributes` -> `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/attributes`
Also the templates and files used in conditional `include` blocks have
also been renamed and moved into a new and cleaner directory structure.
[1]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
[2]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt---global
[4]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-coreattributesFile
[3]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-coreexcludesFile
GH-267
Co-authored-by: Sven Greb <development@svengreb.de>
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Before the Git snowblock symlinked to the default dotfiles within the
home directory, but Git also fully supports the XDG base directory
specification [1]. So in order to get a step further regarding a
"clean home directory root" the files have been moved to the dedicated
XDG directory.
- Global (`--global`) configuration file [2]
`~/.gitconfig` -> `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/config`
- Global exclude file [3]
`~/.gitignore` -> `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/ignore`
- Global attributes file [4]
`~/.gitattributes` -> `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/attributes`
Also the templates and files used in conditional `include` blocks have
also been renamed and moved into a new and cleaner directory structure.
[1]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
[2]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt---global
[4]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-coreattributesFile
[3]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-coreexcludesFile
Closes GH-267
Co-authored-by: Sven Greb <development@svengreb.de>
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Currently the Git snowblock symlinks to the default dotfiles within the home directory, but Git also fully supports the XDG base directory specification. So in order to get a step further regarding a "clean home directory root" the files will be moved to the dedicated XDG directory.
--global) configuration file —~/.gitconfig→${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/config~/.gitignore→${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/ignore~/.gitattributes→${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/attributesAlso the current templates and files used in conditional
includeblocks will be renamed and moved into a new and cleaner directory structure.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: