{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/glue-viz/glue/issues/648","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/glue-viz/glue","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/glue-viz/glue/issues/648/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/glue-viz/glue/issues/648/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/glue-viz/glue/issues/648/events","html_url":"https://github.com/glue-viz/glue/issues/648","id":83062962,"number":648,"title":"Avoid absolute paths in glu files","user":{"login":"astrofrog","id":314716,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/314716?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog","html_url":"https://github.com/astrofrog","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/astrofrog/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/glue-viz/glue/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"02e10c"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/glue-viz/glue/labels/sessions","name":"sessions","color":"c7def8"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-05-31T10:59:11Z","updated_at":"2016-05-05T11:17:15Z","closed_at":"2016-05-05T11:17:15Z","body":"At the moment, session files contain absolute paths:\r\n\r\n```\r\n  \"LoadLog\": {\r\n    \"path\": \"/Users/tom/Desktop/spec/CH3CN_fits.fits\", \r\n    \"_type\": \"glue.core.data_factories.LoadLog\", \r\n    \"factory\": {\r\n      \"function\": \"glue.core.data_factories.auto_data\", \r\n      \"_type\": \"types.FunctionType\"\r\n    }, \r\n```\r\n\r\nThis is not ideal because it means the files cannot be sent to someone else for example."}}