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dev: reduce the amout of automatically generated directories named "colrev"

Open dengdenglele opened this issue 1 year ago • 0 comments

After installation of CoLRev according to the readthedocs manual, there are three different directories named "colrev"

  • in the $HOME directory of the current user. This $HOME/colrev/ directory seems to function as a temp directory. It contains the following:

    • two hidden directories: ".colrev_temp" and ".tei_index"
    • one .sqlite file: "prep_requests_cache.sqlite"
    • one .json file: "registry.json"
    • the .sqlite and .json file might be specific to my setup. The two hidden directories will always be created
    • possible solution: change this directory into a hidden one e.g. $HOME/.colrev/
  • on the Desktop (default installation path according to readthedocs instructions) is a colrev directory within colrev. $HOME/Desktop/colrev/colrev

    • the first colrev directory is created due to git clone (automatically) onto the Desktop
    • suggestion: change the nested colrev directory into src or something similar
    • current: $HOME/Desktop/colrev/colrev/
    • possible solution: $HOME/Desktop/colrev/src/

dengdenglele avatar May 02 '24 11:05 dengdenglele