config directory on macOs

[sophiabrandt]

Actual Behavior:

On macOS, the config directory is /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/tut.

Even if I create ~/.config/tut manually, the application uses the default config directory. Everything in ~/.config/tut is ignored.

Expected/Desired Behavior:

tut creates the folder ~/.config/tut (/Users/<username>/.config/tut) on macOs instead of default folder.

Alternatively, tut checks if ~/.config/tut exists and honors user configuration settings in that folder. It uses default macOs config folder as a backup.

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Thank you for the application. ⭐

[RasmusLindroth]

I don't use MacOS, but is ~/.config the standard there?

Because tut uses golangs os.UserConfigDir() which defaults to $HOME/Library/Application Support on MacOS. Isn't it the default place to put configuration files for the user?

Or does programs on MacOS use it like /etc on Linux where the user can override the default config with ~/.config?

[sophiabrandt]

That's a good question. Yes, I think $HOME/Library/Application Support is standard.

However, AFAIK it is very common to be able to override it with $HOME/.config/<application name> or other more "Unix-y" directories, e.g. $HOME/.local.

I personally prefer those locations because I can better source control my configs as dotfiles.

Perhaps this is a good solution? https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#configuration-file

Set an environment variable to point to an alternative location for the config file.

[RasmusLindroth]

You can now use two new flags, --config and --config-dir if you want to load your configuration from a custom location. You can also use the environment variables TUT_CONF and TUT_CONF_DIR instead.

Thank you for the issue :)

[bluedogtwo]

Noticed that tut uses $HOME/Library/Application Support for config on macOS. Apps like broot, chezmoi, gcloud and nnn all use $HOME/.config/ without having to fuss around with configuring paths. That is the best place for config.