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Re:Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010) by jbverschoor on Friday July 29, 2022 @04:08PM (#32281260)
Well, my git, ssh, caches of what not, almost everything is in my home directory directly. It's even worse than "My Documents"
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Re:Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010) by viraptor on Saturday July 30, 2022 @08:20AM (#32286220)
Git uses XDG_CONFIG_HOME https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Files - putting the config directly in your home is just a choice.
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Re:Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010) by jbverschoor on Sunday July 31, 2022 @02:17AM (#32293633)
It doesn’t in macOS.

It’s not a choice. It’s the default. It’s like saying it’s a choice to run mongodb without authentication.

Lastly, why should I be using XDG Desktop variables on something that don’t haveA desktop environment?

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Re:Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010) by rad_gruchalski on Friday July 29, 2022 @07:37PM (#32282900)
„My Documents” isn’t the same as a home directory. Home directory in recent Windows versions is „C:\Users\CurrentUserName”. Or better: %homedrive%%homepath%.
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