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The AURA Reference Implementation
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Use `aura/` directory for AURA files. #4

Closed reznikmm closed 1 year ago

reznikmm commented 3 years ago

Hello, Some people don't want to pollute project root directory with extra files. Could you modify AURA to search/use aura/ directory if no AURA files found in the root? As a fallback mechanism.

What do you think?

Richard-Wai commented 3 years ago

This is a very interesting idea, probably even a great idea!

I might need to spend some time to think strategically about how to implement it, particularly when it comes to units that are auto-generated, but this idea has a lot of merit.

Thanks for that!

thindil commented 3 years ago

I also agree that this is an awesome idea, but maybe call the directory .aura (with leading dot) not aura? I think it better suit a standard way to handle things in a project, like .git, .vscode etc.

Richard-Wai commented 3 years ago

In fact AURA does create .aura directory to hold state information between runs, as well as to cache git repositories.

The idea of the aura subsystem itself is that it can be part of the actual codebase. This is a key component of the autoconfiguration process. So for that reason, we wouldn't want to put them in a hidden place. The aura subsystem is fully accessible from the project codebase itself, as well as any installed AURA subsystems.

thindil commented 3 years ago

I understand. Ok, then please ignore my proposition and just keep the vote up for the main proposition. 😄

Richard-Wai commented 1 year ago

Change applies as of v0.2 via a new depreciation mechanism.