Please stop barebacking `$HOME` on Linux

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3-5 days
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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems, tooling

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The issue names no source file or test; start by reading the Freedesktop XDG Base Directory Specification and locating Sprites' configuration, state, and cache path handling. Done means Linux follows the requested XDG_CONFIG_HOME behavior, including the stated fallback when it is unset, without placing these directories directly under $HOME.

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Description

On Linux, for over 20 years, it has been bad manners for tools to drop their config/state/cache dirs into $HOME

Flyctl does not follow the XDG spec, but at least provides a FLY_CONFIG_DIR env var https://github.com/superfly/flyctl/pull/2785

Please, follow the Freedesktop XDG base directory standard: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir/latest/

The simplest fix is simply use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sprites as the config dir. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME doesn't exist then and the platform is linux, then default to $HOME/config.

Congrats on the launch btw, sprites is really cool.

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