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NAME
       glab-config-path - Print the location of the global configuration file.



SYNOPSIS
       glab config path [flags]



DESCRIPTION
       Print where glab reads and writes its global configuration. The
       location depends on the platform and whether a legacy configuration
       directory exists, so use this command instead of hard-coding a path.


       The command prints the path even if the file does not exist yet, so it
       is safe to run before the first glab auth login.


       Use --dir to print the parent directory. Grant write access to that
       directory rather than to config.yml alone, because glab writes a
       temporary file in that directory first and then replaces config.yml
       with it.


       Repository-local settings live in the repository's .git/glab-
       cli/config.yml and this command does not report them.


       If no user configuration file exists, glab falls back to a read-only
       system-wide one. This command always reports the user location.



OPTIONS
       --dir[=false]  Print the configuration directory instead of the
       configuration file.



OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
       -h, --help[=false]  Show help for this command.



EXAMPLE
       # Print the path to the global configuration file
       glab config path

       # Print the directory that holds the configuration file
       glab config path --dir

       # Open the configuration file in an editor
       $EDITOR "$(glab config path)"



SEE ALSO
       glab-config(1)

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