Default Linux Config Directory Should Be .config/continue

[hughesjs]

Validations

• I believe this is a way to improve. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• I'm not able to find an open issue that requests the same enhancement

Problem

In most Linux distros, we expect user config to go into .config/.

If present, it should also respect XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

Most of us don't want our home directories cluttered with config files.

Solution

Change the default config location.

[tomhonour]

This has been mentioned a few times here and here but the devs don't seem to care about it which is a huge shame. The reason they give - 'it's confusing for users that want to customise Continue' - isn't even a good counter-argument imo.

[tomhonour]

I've found a workaround which I'm now using.

What you can do is use flatpak and deny vscode access to home (it's not as bad as it sounds) and force it to put its dotfiles in /home/janedoe/.var/app/com.vscodium.codium/ instead.

You can create an override file at $XDG_DATA_HOME/flatpak/overrides/com.vscodium.codium with the following contents:

[Context]
filesystems=host-etc;host-os;!host;home/my_repos
persistent=.continue

This is saying: "deny host, allow host-etc, allow host-os, allow my_repos directory".

Or if you want to use commands:

flatpak override --user com.vscodium.codium --nofilesystem=host
flatpak override --user com.vscodium.codium --filesystem=host-etc
flatpak override --user com.vscodium.codium --filesystem=host-os
flatpak override --user com.vscodium.codium --filesystem=home/my_repos
flatpak override --user com.vscodium.codium --persist=.continue

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[vanyauhalin]

ping to remove stale

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[vanyauhalin]

i love stale bots

[tomhonour]

Hopefully the continue devs can see the massively popular reaction Mozilla received after finally adopting the spec after 21 years, and see that it's something people really do want!