logging: move to XDG_CACHE_HOME (#13739)

while there is some controversy, stdpath('cache') looks like  a better fit for logs than stdpath('data'): you can remove logs without preventing nvim to work which fits the XDG_CACHE_HOME definition of `user specific non-essential data files`.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/doc/starting.txt b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
index 160995b440..48b9aad58b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/starting.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/starting.txt
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ LOG FILE					*$NVIM_LOG_FILE*
 Besides 'debug' and 'verbose', Nvim keeps a general log file for internal
 debugging, plugins and RPC clients. >
 	:echo $NVIM_LOG_FILE
-Usually the file is ~/.local/share/nvim/log unless that path is inaccessible
+Usually the file is ~/.cache/nvim/log unless that path is inaccessible
 or if $NVIM_LOG_FILE was set before |startup|.
 
 
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/log.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/log.lua
index 587a65cd96..b6e91e37b9 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/log.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/lsp/log.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ do
   local function path_join(...)
     return table.concat(vim.tbl_flatten{...}, path_sep)
   end
-  local logfilename = path_join(vim.fn.stdpath('data'), 'lsp.log')
+  local logfilename = path_join(vim.fn.stdpath('cache'), 'lsp.log')
 
   --- Returns the log filename.
   --@returns (string) log filename
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ do
     return logfilename
   end
 
-  vim.fn.mkdir(vim.fn.stdpath('data'), "p")
+  vim.fn.mkdir(vim.fn.stdpath('cache'), "p")
   local logfile = assert(io.open(logfilename, "a+"))
   for level, levelnr in pairs(log.levels) do
     -- Also export the log level on the root object.