Changing location of .neptune folder

The Neptune client uses the .neptune directory to store your data locally before synchronizing it with the server.
You can safely move the .neptune directory to a different location.
If you do not want to change the location of the directory and need to access it from elsewhere in the system, the following are possible workarounds:
Change the current working directory inside the script that initializes Neptune
Create a symbolic link to the .neptune folder
Changing the current working directory inside the script
You can change the current working directory just before you initialize a run.
This change is only necessary for the init() call. After that, you can revert back to the original working directory.
Example:
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orginal_cwd = os.getcwd() # folder_B
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os.chdir("folder_A") # Change cwd to folder_A
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run = neptune.init(mode="offline")
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os.chdir(original_cwd)  # Change cwd back to folder_B
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# Log your metadata
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Output location:
folder_A/.neptune/offline
Creating a symbolic link to the .neptune directory
If your machine runs on Linux or a Unix-like system, you can create a symbolic link.
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ln -s /desired_directory/my_neptune .neptune
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Then, when you initialize a run, the ./my_neptune folder will mirror the contents of .neptune:
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run = neptune.init(mode="offline")
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Output locations:
./neptune/offline
/desired_directory/my_neptune/offline
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Changing the current working directory inside the script

Creating a symbolic link to the .neptune directory