From eb3e07a86543fde40f877b988d6357294b13fda6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Cappelletti <lcappelletti@fbk.eu>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:42:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use XDG_CONFIG_HOME as base path

---
 README.md                         | 8 ++++----
 gitlab_artifact_cleanup/config.py | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98e044b..1a04bd4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ Run
 gitlab-artifact-cleanup --write-default-config
 ```
 
-to create an initial configuration file at `~/.gitlab-artifact-cleanuprc`. Then, open the web page of your GitLab
-instance and navigate to *User Settings* -> *Access Tokens*. Create a new token with the `api` scope and copy its
-contents into the newly created configuration file (`access_token`) and set the `url` of your GitLab server if you are
-not using `gitlab.com`.
+to create an initial configuration file at `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gitlab-artifact-cleanup/config.ini`. Then, open the web
+page of your GitLab instance and navigate to *User Settings* -> *Access Tokens*. Create a new token with the `api` scope
+and copy its contents into the newly created configuration file (`access_token`) and set the `url` of your GitLab server
+if you are not using `gitlab.com`.
 
 Now, run
 
diff --git a/gitlab_artifact_cleanup/config.py b/gitlab_artifact_cleanup/config.py
index 11cf549..78015ef 100644
--- a/gitlab_artifact_cleanup/config.py
+++ b/gitlab_artifact_cleanup/config.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from typing import Any, Optional, TextIO, Union, cast
 
-CONFIG_FILEPATH = "~/.gitlab-artifact-cleanuprc"
+CONFIG_FILEPATH = os.path.join(
+    os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or os.path.expanduser('~/.config'),
+    "gitlab-artifact-cleanup",
+    "config.ini")
 
 
 class UnknownAlwaysKeepError(Exception):