Give a path where VCS data can be stored

[screamingdev]

As a developer
I want to put data in my VCS
so that any developer can access this files.

• Currently wp-content/uploads is something no one wants in his VCS.
• Storing everything in wp-content is a complete mess.
• We could allow a messy folder in something like "wp-content/data".

If this becomes a preset in WordPress
and rule of thumb, then I am sure that most installs will become cleaner
and easier to maintain.
What plugins currently do is a complete mess. As a develop I don't want to enter the wp-content directory
and find a list of storage dir for each single plugin.
I just like to see:

• plugins/
• themes/
• languages/
• the theme compat thingy/
• data/
• uploads/
• index.php

This is already enough.

[brutalenemy666]

This sounds like a plugin solution.

You can achieve that by using the media hooks.

Please refer to wp_upload_bits.

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.8/src/wp-includes/functions.php#L2100

[screamingdev]

@brutalenemy666 this is the thing that I want to avoid. The uploads-directory is for uploads.
What's missing is a thing like "wp-content/data" or else where plugins can store their shit.

Right now there is no proper location of other data than the uploaded ones.
Where does a plugin store it's own cache or whatever files?

wp-content is no solution either IMHO:

wp-content/my-plugin-floods-this
wp-content/mine-too
wp-content/premium-advanced-file-storage-mess
(and 40 more)

[JeffPaul]

This is unlikely to change and keeping this open unfairly lets folks think this might happen, so I'm closing this as wontfix to more clearly state status here.