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Use platform defined data directories instead of ~/.python_history #88405
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| BPO | 44239 |
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| Nosy | @oxalica |
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created_at = <Date 2021-05-26.10:58:43.729>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.11']
title = 'Use platform defined data directories instead of ~/.python_history'
updated_at = <Date 2021-05-26.11:39:53.868>
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue44239'
versions = ['Python 3.11']
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oxalica commentedon May 26, 2021
Currently we use path
~/.python_historyfor 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/historyor~/.local/share/python/historyaccording to XDG Spec.These paths should be preferred as default. But we can also check and use
~/.python_historyif it exists and readable, for compatibility.Ige-fi commentedon May 27, 2022
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:hauntsaninja commentedon Jan 7, 2024
Note that we merged #73965 , so the location of this file can now be controlled by
PYTHON_HISTORYreturnDanilo commentedon May 14, 2024
If this is ever to be merged, maybe you could add something about pdb's ~/.pdbrc file? ;)