From 37df335c6c1fc68a482bb222e3d793dc210459f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jerry Heiselman <jerry@heiselman.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:08:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Set default netrc file name correctly on Windows

Fixes #43980 in the Python issue tracker
---
 Lib/netrc.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/netrc.py b/Lib/netrc.py
index f0ae48cfed9e67..234fea20d56a57 100644
--- a/Lib/netrc.py
+++ b/Lib/netrc.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ class netrc:
     def __init__(self, file=None):
         default_netrc = file is None
         if file is None:
-            file = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".netrc")
+            default_file_name = ".netrc"
+            if os.name == "nt":
+                default_file_name = "_netrc"
+            file = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), default_file_name)
         self.hosts = {}
         self.macros = {}
         with open(file) as fp:

From fc3726076c7115c0288831de84d4e407488fc615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jerry Heiselman <jerry.heiselman@rainhail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:50:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] issue43980: Set default netrc file name correctly on
 Windows

This update to the commit address the conversation started by @eamanu
---
 Lib/netrc.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/netrc.py b/Lib/netrc.py
index 234fea20d56a57..6e6b533a75c026 100644
--- a/Lib/netrc.py
+++ b/Lib/netrc.py
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ class netrc:
     def __init__(self, file=None):
         default_netrc = file is None
         if file is None:
-            default_file_name = ".netrc"
-            if os.name == "nt":
-                default_file_name = "_netrc"
+            default_file_name = ".netrc" if os.name != 'nt' else '_netrc'
             file = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), default_file_name)
         self.hosts = {}
         self.macros = {}

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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 21:29:59 +0000
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 .../next/Library/2023-01-09-21-29-58.gh-issue-43980.ij5v8a.rst   | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-09-21-29-58.gh-issue-43980.ij5v8a.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-09-21-29-58.gh-issue-43980.ij5v8a.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-09-21-29-58.gh-issue-43980.ij5v8a.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f41f773380293c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-09-21-29-58.gh-issue-43980.ij5v8a.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the netrc library to use the de-facto default file name on Windows of _netrc

From 44996e539e0ae16677a8b344ff9143805710036c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jerry Heiselman <jerry@heiselman.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 15:34:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Add what's new for netrc change

---
 Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index e9e25b9dc4664f..a85fd38bd731ea 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ dis
   :data:`~dis.hasarg` collection instead.
   (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`94216`.)
 
+netrc
+-----
+
+* Change the default file name for netrc to _netrc on Windows
+
 os
 --