utils: better XToolCache location by kabiroberai · Pull Request #409 · xtool-org/xtool

kabiroberai · 2026-10-28T22:15:50Z

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Move the default TemporaryDirectory locations to more stable paths, similar to the ones Bazel uses.

on macOS we now default to \(URL.cachesDirectory)/sh.xtool (usually ~/Library/Caches/sh.xtool)
on Linux we (continue to) default to ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-~/.cache}/xtool
we no longer respect $TMPDIR. One can still use $XTL_TMPDIR to override.

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Cache directory locations are as expected

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Bug Fixes
- Temporary-directory selection now ignores empty XTL_TMPDIR values and no longer falls back to TMPDIR.
- Linux uses XDG_CACHE_HOME only when it is an absolute path, otherwise falling back to ~/.cache.
Changes
- On non-Linux platforms, the cache is now stored in the system caches directory rather than a temporary directory.
Documentation
- Updated the documented temporary-directory settings.

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XToolCache.directory now selects cache paths using XTL_TMPDIR and platform-specific cache directory rules. The contributing documentation no longer lists TMPDIR as a respected setting.

Changes: Cache Directory Selection

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Cache directory selection `Sources/XUtils/XToolCache.swift`, `Documentation/Contributing/Debugging.md`	XToolCache.directory ignores missing or empty XTL_TMPDIR values. On Linux, it uses an absolute XDG_CACHE_HOME value or falls back to ~/.cache. On other platforms, it uses the caches directory. The documentation removes TMPDIR from the XTL_TMPDIR description.

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Possibly related PRs

xtool-org/xtool#387: Introduces the cache directory implementation and environment overrides that this change refines.
xtool-org/xtool#375: Changes TemporaryDirectoryRoot to use stable cache locations, which this change defines and refines.

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A tilde-prefixed XDG_CACHE_HOME can select an unusable cache directory for Linux users; correct the validation before merging.

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kabiroberai · 2026-10-28T22:16:07Z

signer: replace zsign with RCodesign #389
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- Line 12: Update the XDG_CACHE_HOME validation in the cache-path selection
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coderabbitai · 2026-10-28T22:21:09Z

-        return xdgCache.appendingPathComponent("xtool")
+        let xdgCache: URL
+        if let xdgCachePath = env["XDG_CACHE_HOME"],
+           (xdgCachePath as NSString).isAbsolutePath {


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Reject tilde-prefixed XDG paths.

NSString.isAbsolutePath accepts ~ prefixes, but XDG requires relative values to be ignored. With XDG_CACHE_HOME='~root/cache', xtool can select an inaccessible directory instead of the fallback. Check for a leading / on Linux. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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