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Change default datadir location#605

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@phanirithvij phanirithvij commented Mar 5, 2026

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closes #602

Only tested on linux. Don't have access to a macos or windows

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phanirithvij force-pushed the datadir-xdg branch 2 times, most recently from a3ffa25 to 92eb63e Compare March 10, 2026 06:45
Signed-off-by: phanirithvij <phanirithvij2000@gmail.com>
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Please review @almarklein

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I'm on the fence about this, TBH. Some systems running timetagger may rely on the data to be in the place where it's placed now. So my preference would be to only use the new datadir directory if the old one does not exist or is empty.

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Follow XDG Base Directory Specification

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