Add XDG_CONFIG_HOME support.

[Yamakaky]

On Linux and Mac, the default config directory is now "/.config/httpie" instead
of "/.httpie". Fixes #145

[Earnestly]

Make sure the path in XDG_CONFIG_HOME when set is absolute. I.e. XDG_CONFIG_HOME[0] == '/'

[Yamakaky]

If it's not, then issue an error?

[Earnestly]

Full disclaimer: I don't care about strict adherence and would rather something instead of nothing, so for example I don't care about people implementing support for XDG_CONFIG_DIRS until it actually matters, because usually it doesn't.

As to your question, if the path set in XDG_CONFIG_HOME isn't absolute then you should use the fallback HOME/.config.

[Yamakaky]

Done !

[jleclanche]

@jkbrzt Hey, any blocker to merge this? It looks good.

[ghost]

Any progress?

[Earnestly]

Three months later, any news?

[ghost]

@jkbrzt ?

[Siilwyn]

@jakubroztocil thoughts?

Would love if this gets merged, my home directory would be thankful.

[jleclanche]

@jakubroztocil Will this be merged? Will this not be merged? Can I help land it?

[Siilwyn]

☝️ same questions, if I can help by testing this locally or something else please let me know! Eagerly waiting for this to land. :)

[jleclanche]

@jakubroztocil ping - see above

[aaronmehar]

@jakubroztocil Any plans to merge this at some point?

[neersighted]

I would also like to see this merged. @jakubroztocil, do you have any opposition to merging as-is?

[jkbrzt]

The problem with this patch is that it changes the default config location without taking into account existing installations — people would end up with two config files one of them being be ignored (extremely bad user experience). It also assumes the existence of ~/.config/.

̉For this to be mergeable, it would need to:

• provide a "notify & migrate" mechanism for existing users
• have tests
• update the docs

[jleclanche]

provide a "notify & migrate" mechanism for existing users

Can just attempt to read ~/.httpie first and move it automatically if it exists right?

[neersighted]

Ah, I didn't notice the lack of legacy support. I would just add another branch to the if tree, before the end, that checks if ~/.httpie exists and just short-circuits the logic to use that folder.