American_Jesus@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1680arrow-down19
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minus-squareTheEntity@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoHow does it help to write an application storing its files in the right place? It helps the user, sure, but that’s not what this post is about.
minus-squarealper_celik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoEven when using home manager or any other dotfile manager your $HOME folder is still filled with junk. It maybe in your controlled repo but it still ends up as symlink to that repo.
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How does it help to write an application storing its files in the right place? It helps the user, sure, but that’s not what this post is about.
Duly noted.
Even when using home manager or any other dotfile manager your $HOME folder is still filled with junk. It maybe in your controlled repo but it still ends up as symlink to that repo.