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oxalica mannequin opened this issue May 26, 2021 · 4 comments
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Use platform defined data directories instead of ~/.python_history #88405

oxalica mannequin opened this issue May 26, 2021 · 4 comments
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oxalica mannequin commented May 26, 2021

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    oxalica mannequin commented May 26, 2021

    Currently we use path ~/.python_history for history file in all platforms.
    It is not a good choice since it spams in user's home directory.

    There are already specifications for where to store program data.
    For Windows, we should use %APPDATA%/Python/history;
    for Mac OS, we should use ~/Library/Application Support/Python/history;
    for other POSIX platforms, we should use $XDG_DATA_HOME/python/history or ~/.local/share/python/history according to XDG Spec.

    These paths should be preferred as default. But we can also check and use ~/.python_history if it exists and readable, for compatibility.

    @oxalica oxalica mannequin added 3.11 only security fixes stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-feature A feature request or enhancement labels May 26, 2021
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    Igetin commented May 27, 2022

    for other POSIX platforms, we should use $XDG_DATA_HOME/python/history or ~/.local/share/python/history according to XDG Spec.

    The specification actually received an amendment on the very month this message was originally posted. It now additionally specifies $XDG_STATE_HOME, which should be the way to go here instead of $XDG_DATA_HOME:

    The $XDG_STATE_HOME contains state data that should persist between (application) restarts, but that is not important or portable enough to the user that it should be stored in $XDG_DATA_HOME. It may contain:

    • actions history (logs, history, recently used files, …)
    • current state of the application that can be reused on a restart (view, layout, open files, undo history, …)

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    hauntsaninja commented Jan 7, 2024 •
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    Note that we merged #73965 , so the location of this file can now be controlled by PYTHON_HISTORY

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    If this is ever to be merged, maybe you could add something about pdb's ~/.pdbrc file? ;)

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