Why is RTDs configuration file named readthedocs.yml without leading dot?

[Paebbels]

I found the ReadTheDocs configuration file documentation. The config file readthedocs.yml is currently in beta state.

Why did you name it so, especially without a leading dot?
All other cloud based services, configured by a *.yml file I know of, are using this format: .service.yml.

[agjohnson]

There's no strong reason for it one way or the other, and certainly no standard for this. A number of services and local tooling use non-hidden files, so we followed suit. This is not just a configuration for our service, this file was meant to eventually allow for local execution as well -- to produce a similar command chain as our servers.

I could certainly see having an alternative naming for folks that would rather have these files hidden though. This would be implemented on https://github.com/rtfd/readthedocs-build. Closing the issue here, if anyone wants to take this on, the work should be fairly minimal to support a secondary .readthedocs.yml file.

[Paebbels]

As far as I can see, it's already implemented. One just needs to extend the file pattern...

config_files = list(find_all(path, CONFIG_FILENAME))

[skirpichev]

readthedocs/readthedocs-build#17 add support for .readthedocs.yml.