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macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support
A CLI tool is not an app, and none of you are reading the docs as carefully as you think you are
As a new user, it’s extremely surprising to me to that a modern tool like nu would put config files under Application Support on macOS. The XDG Base Directory Specification mentions Unix a few times but lists no carveouts for macOS or any other operating system. With the guidelines and conventions listed above in mind, your application should store its configuration files in~/Library/Application Support instead of$XDG_CONFIG_HOME if both of the following conditions apply:
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