move ~/.tilt-dev to xdg base spec
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Description
Tilt currently stores configuration state under ~/.tilt-dev by default.
There are better conventions for how to store application state. In particular, the XDG Base Directory Specification? [specs | arch wiki]
h/t @fhuitelec in this comment https://github.com/tilt-dev/tilt.specs/pull/31#discussion_r686589370
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Tilt entry point that selects the default ~/.tilt-dev configuration-state directory. Read the linked XDG Base Directory Specification and Arch Wiki guidance, then trace the existing path behavior and its tests. Done means the default state location follows the XDG convention without breaking explicitly configured paths.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100