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[Feature]: support XDG_CONFIG_HOME path for config file

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the CLI configuration path handling and identify how the current config-file location is selected. Read the linked XDG Base Directory specification, then verify that XDG_CONFIG_HOME is honored with the documented fallback behavior. Done means the CLI consistently discovers its config file through the XDG_CONFIG_HOME path.

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CLI config

Feature description

Support the XDG_CONFIG_HOME spec for the config file location (most often $HOME/.config/[subdir])
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/
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Go
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Forks
36
Avg merge
2d 14h
Merged PRs (30d)
9

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