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Change or allow changing location of config file #58

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jaworek opened this issue Dec 5, 2020 · 2 comments
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Change or allow changing location of config file #58

jaworek opened this issue Dec 5, 2020 · 2 comments

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@jaworek
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jaworek commented Dec 5, 2020

Having config file in HOME directory would be useful for backup and sharing.
Would it be possible to change it to follow XDG Base Directory Specification?
Is there a reason for config file to be in the current directory?

I'm more than happy to create PR for that, although it seems that it will be required to create a migration script for current users.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_Base_Directory
sbibauw added a commit to sbibauw/auto-selfcontrol that referenced this issue May 26, 2021
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Changing default location for CONFIG_FILE
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CONFIG_FILE will be looked for in
- ~/.config/auto-selfcontrol/
- /usr/local/etc/auto-selfcontrol/
- $DIR/ (same directory as where Auto-SelfControl has been installed)
If not found, created in ~/.config/auto-selfcontrol/config.json

This will make it easier to backup and sync it across installs.
Answers andreasgrill#58

This will not move an existing config file.
Moving can be done manually to ~/.config/auto-selfcontrol/config.json
(and removing the previous location)
and Auto-selfcontrol will find the new location.
sbibauw added a commit to sbibauw/auto-selfcontrol that referenced this issue May 26, 2021
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Move default config file to ~/.config/auto-selfcontrol
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The config file will be looked for in
- ~/.config/auto-selfcontrol/config.json
- /usr/local/etc/auto-selfcontrol/config.json
- $DIR/config.json (same directory as where Auto-SelfControl has been installed)
If not found, created in ~/.config/auto-selfcontrol/config.json

This will make it easier to backup and sync it across installs.
Answers andreasgrill#58

It also works on new ARM-based Macs where brewed bins are in `/opt/homebrew/`, no longer in `/usr/local/`.

This will not move an existing config file.
Moving can be done manually:

mv /usr/local/etc/auto-selfcontrol/config.json ~/.config/auto-selfcontrol/

auto-selfcontrol will find this new location first.
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sbibauw commented May 26, 2021

I agree with @jaworek. Plus the current workflow does not work on new M1 Macs (where Homebrew installs at /opt/homebrew/.

I created PR #62 to solve this. It doesn't do the migration, but it will not break for previous config locations.

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Pandoks commented Oct 15, 2023

I created Hammer Control which inputs the password into the prompt of the newest version of Self Control. It also lets you define a specific blacklist for every scheduled session which seems like something that you'd like.

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