Do not save apps/cache/downloads etc in ~/.config

On linux ~/.config/itch/ contains all kinds of stuff that is not configuration files.

Please follow proper conventions and save cache files in ~/.cache/ and data files in ~/.local/share.

[fasterthanlime]

So, moving ~/.config/itch to ~/.local/share/itch seems like a good (achievable) first step?

It would:

• Leave ~/.config alone
• Not use any of the non-XDG dirs like ~/.local/lib, ~/.local/bin
• Not solve ~/.itch, but, shrug

The process would be:

• Existing installs are left alone
• itch v25.5.0 would check for, mhh ~/.config/itch/db/butler.db - if it can find it, it’ll use ~/.config (legacy paths), if not, it’ll use ~/.local/share/itch (modern paths)
• Users who want to reseat can just completely quit itch (Ctrl+Q), mv ~/.config/itch ~/.local/share/itch, start it up again, and voilà!

The only remaining file any of the tools would write to itch would be… ~/.config/itch/butler_creds, which is, well, actually used by butler to store your credentials. That doesn’t really belong in config either, maybe it could move to ~/.local/share/butler/credentials ?

(Please vote 👍 or 👎 using comment reactions - if you vote against, please explain)

[shunsei]

Yes, there are multiple use cases this is interfering with.

1. It should be possible to keep ~/.config/ under version control or back it up without backing up data files.
2. It should be possible to free up disk space by cleaning up ~/.cache.
3. It should be possible to use another partition for data files (eg. ~/.local/share).

And so on.

I don’t know anything about Electron, but sounds like it should not be using ~/.config. If it’s going to be a large dump of mixed-purpose files anyway, better move the directory elsewhere altogether (eg.~/.itch), although that would be just a workaround.