dthree/vorpal

[for discussion] move default localStorage location under $HOME

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#122 opened on Mar 1, 2016

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Description

i ran into a problem when trying out your cash project. With my nodejs/npm setup, global installs require sudo: sudo npm i -g cash

however, because of that, cash doesn't have permissions to write to its own localstorage directory:

$ cash
fs.js:794
  return binding.mkdir(pathModule._makeLong(path),
                 ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/Users/tenaciousmv/npm/lib/node_modules/cash/node_modules/vorpal/dist/.local_storage'

obviously i don't want to run cash with sudo :)

isn't it more typical to put this kind of storage in ~/.vorpal or ~/.cash or somewhere else under $HOME?

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Research direction
Investigate how to change the default localStorage path to $HOME/.vorpal and update the code accordingly. Ensure proper permissions handling.
Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
cli
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Feature
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2
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Under 1 hour
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Clear
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Node.jsnpm
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70