On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 11:46, Mingde (Matthew) Zeng <matthewzmd@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> >> From: Elias Mårtenson <lokedhs@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 10:51:49 +0800
> >>
> >> I'm guessing that the $HOME/.config/emacs directory was created when I
> started Emacs before checking out
> >> my .emacs.d from source control.
> >>
> >> Would it make sense to display a warning before creating this directory
> in the first place, explaining that doing
> >> so will prevent $HOME/.emacs.d/init.el from being loaded?
> >
> > I don't think we create the ~/.config directory.  We just check if its
> > emacs subdirectory exists.
>
> I think he meant the emacs subdirectory was created without his knowledge.
>

That is correct. The $HOME/.config directory exists of course. I'm
referring to $HOME/.config/emacs

Regards,
Elias