Allow Windows config file to be read from other locations
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Assessment
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- 4/5
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- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
Research direction
Start by locating the Windows config-file handling and the configure command entry point. Check how the current AppData path is selected, then verify that a portable executable-directory location and a user-specified --config location behave as described, with AppData remaining the fallback.
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Description
In reference to issue #149 it would be nice to be able to have an entirely portable version of Exercism by ensuring that the config file, which on Windows is currently placed in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\exercism\user.json, can be read from either the same folder where the exercism.exe executable is located, or by allowing a --config parameter on the configure command allowing the user to specify their own location for the user.json file.
Defaulting to attempting to read the user.json file from the same folder as the exercism.exe executable and falling back to then searching the user's AppData folder (as above) would be a great way to allow all exercism-related files to be stored within the same top-level folder, allowing for a truly portable version of Exercism.
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