Not sure about use in the Go community at large but Go introduced os.UserConfigD...

maleldil · 2026-08-05T14:58:23

> On Darwin, it returns $HOME/Library/Application Support

Which is not the behaviour most people would think is sensible, especially for CLI programs.

frantathefranta · 2026-08-05T15:15:41

Ghostty has chosen to use that as the default and I feel like it's going to be the tipping point where people will assume $HOME/Library/Application Support is normal for CLI programs.

gcr · 2026-08-05T20:45:24

Mac users are used to checking ~/Library/Application Support/App, ~/.app, and ~/.local/config/app

jonaustin · 2026-08-05T21:23:48

fwiw, it absolutely drives me nuts that cli programs are putting configs in that hard to reach folder (long path name and _spaces_ in the folder name ugh)