[Suggestion] Add a setting to plugin.yml to avoid creating a directory in the plugin_data

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[Suggestion] Add a setting to plugin.yml to avoid creating a directory in the plugin_data #5479

Closed BrandPVP closed 1 year ago

BrandPVP commented 1 year ago

Description

Add a new setting "no_data: true" to plugin.yml

Tell me if i should make a PR

main: Server\MyPlugin\Loader
version: 1.0.0
api: 4.0.0
no_data: true

Justification

There is a lot of plugins that don't use the data folder, so we can get rid of empty folders without configs/files

Alternative methods

https://poggit.pmmp.io/p/DataCleaning/3.0.4

dktapps commented 1 year ago

The point is to ensure the folder always exists, and it has no meaningful negative effects. It's like the /data/data directory on Android. Every app has its own directory whether it wants one or not. This is a conscious design decision made to simplify plugins.