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		joshka 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Applicat... The xdg vars only control the location. There’s no var to control that xdg should be used. macOS has a canonical approach, which some tools choose to ignore. I want a flag to make that ignorance correct

OJFord 27 days ago [–]

I know, but if XDG vars controlling the location exist then obviously 'use XDG' is desired.

joshka 22 days ago | [–]

No. There are many situations where these are set where that’s not true.

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