windows config file location

[vbabiy]

The documentation says the config file for Windows is %HOME%\pip\pip.ini, but pip actually looks for %APPDATA%\pip\pip.ini. It only uses %HOME% if %APPDATA% isn't set.

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/issue/86
• Originally Reported By:
• Originally Created At: 2010-04-10 05:21:49

[vbabiy]

On Windows pip should look for its config file in the 'pip' subdirectory of
the user's Home directory (as returned by os.path.expanduser('~')). The
%APPDATA% directory is hidden by default, so it seems it's not intended for
users to modify it directly.

The fix is just a matter of removing one line from locations.py. I'm attaching
a diff.

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Original Comment By: davis

[hobbsd]

+1 for this simple fix