diff --git a/docs/paths_and_env_vars.md b/docs/paths_and_env_vars.md deleted file mode 100644 index f0cdbb9..0000000 --- a/docs/paths_and_env_vars.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -# Paths and Environment Variables - -Navi uses the [`directories-next`](https://crates.io/crates/directories-next) package, which -defines platform-specific standard locations of directories for config, cache and other data. - -Mac users, this is why your files are being stored in `~/Library/Application Support/navi`. - -To set custom paths for your config and cheat sheets, you can set the following -environment variables: - -```zsh -export NAVI_CONFIG="~/.config/navi/config.yaml" -export NAVI_PATH="~/.local/share/navi" -``` -Despite `$NAVI_PATH` being set, it will not be used when installing cheat -sheets directly via navi's own commands. - -For example when running `navi add repo `, the default paths as per the `directories-next` -package will still be used. - -To avoid this, you may simply clone repos via a regular `git clone` command, -directly into `$NAVI_PATH`. - -Note! `navi info cheats-path` and `navi info config-path` display the *default* path, not -the path set by the user. [It is known that this is a little misleading!](https://github.com/denisidoro/navi/issues/664#issuecomment-1004721178).