abiosoft / abiosoft/colima

Location of VM Disk Changed

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Description

### Description

It seems that newer versions of colima (v0.6+) changed the default folder where it stores its VM disk data from `~/.lima` to `~/.colima`.

This triggers our laptop backup software to backup the ever changing VM disk which can cause the backup process to never complete and also upload zeroed data to the backup servers.

How can we configured this location to put it back to the way it was? The reason I ask this is that we do not have control over the exempt backup locations and it took a really long time to get our IT team to get `~/.lima` exempt. I would rather not go through that process again for `~/.colima`.

### Version

v0.6.2

### Operating System

- [ ] macOS Intel <= 13 (Ventura)
- [ ] macOS Intel >= 14 (Sonoma)
- [ ] Apple Silicon <= 13 (Ventura)
- [X] Apple Silicon >= 14 (Sonoma)
- [ ] Linux

### Output of `colima status`

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### Reproduction Steps

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### Expected behaviour

Lima VMs stay in `~/.lima/colima`.

### Additional context

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