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Here's the issue: move the default config directory from ~/.machine to ~/.config/machine.

The change is centered in machine/constants.py with references in config.py, util.py, main.py, and subcommands/info.py. The constants are already used consistently, so updating constants.py is the main change.

One question before I implement: do you want backward compatibility (i.e., if ~/.config/machine doesn't exist but ~/.machine does, fall back to the old location with a warning), or just a clean switch to the new path?

Now update the help text in main.py — currently it references constants.default_config_file_path which is evaluated at import time, so it will already show the resolved path. That's fine. But let me also update the util.py to use ~/.config/machine when creating the directory for the first time.

Working as expected. The warning goes to stderr, and the tool falls back to the old ~/.machine path. Once a user moves their config to ~/.config/machine, the warning disappears and the new path is used.

Here's a summary of the changes:

• machine/constants.py: Added _resolve_config_dir() that prefers ~/.config/machine, falls back to ~/.machine with a deprecation warning on stderr, and defaults to ~/.config/machine for new installs.
• machine/util.py: Changed os.mkdir to os.makedirs(..., exist_ok=True) so it can create the intermediate .config directory if needed.

No other files needed changes since they all reference the constants.