Add option to override gilt's default cache dir (#52)

retr0h · Jul 28, 2017 · 103adad · 103adad
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diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ Overlay a directory from a remote repository into the destination provided.
 
  $ gilt overlay
 
+Optionally, override gilt's cache location (defaults to ~/.gilt):
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ export GILT_CACHE_DIRECTORY=~/my-gilt-cache
+
 Overlay files and a directory and run post-overlay commands.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml

diff --git a/gilt/config.py b/gilt/config.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ParseError(Exception):
  pass
 
 
-BASE_WORKING_DIR = '~/.gilt'
+BASE_WORKING_DIR = os.environ.get('GILT_CACHE_DIRECTORY', '~/.gilt')
 
 
 def config(filename):