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Transitioning Unix installs to the XDG Base Directory Specification
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Currently, Bazaar stores its configuration files and plugins under the
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directory ~/.bazaar on unix installs. On Windows, this is %APPDATA%/Bazaar/2.0.
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With the XDG Base Directory specification
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(http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html), many
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Linux and Unix platforms have tried to centralize configuration files under a
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specific directory referred to as $XDG_CONFIG_HOME. This has a default value
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Bazaar would like to be a good Unix citizen by using these standard locations
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for configuration files. As such, we should support that location, but not
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require it. Note that the following descriptions do not apply
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to Windows which should use their own native configuration
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locations. (On Windows, we currently do this by working under %APPDATA%.
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* If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bazaar exists, use the files there for configuration,
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noting in the log that we are doing so. This allows individuals who would
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like to use the XDG specification to do so.
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* Due to a lack of consensus on where plugins should live under the XDG Base
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Directory spec, continue to look for plugins in ~/.bazaar/plugins. To
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change this directory to something not under ~/.bazaar, use the environment
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variable $BZR_PLUGIN_PATH.