let us universally use ENSEMBL_CVS_ROOT_DIR variable to point at the location

modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/ApplyToDatabases_conf.pm

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::HiveGeneric_conf');  # All Hive datab
 sub default_options {
     my ($self) = @_;
     return {
-        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work',     # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'ENSEMBL_CVS_ROOT_DIR'},     # it will make sense to set this variable if you are going to use ehive frequently
 
         'pipeline_name' => 'apply_to_databases',            # name used by the beekeeper to prefix job names on the farm
 

modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/FailureTest_conf.pm

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::HiveGeneric_conf');  # All Hive datab
 sub default_options {
     my ($self) = @_;
     return {
-        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work',     # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'ENSEMBL_CVS_ROOT_DIR'},     # it will make sense to set this variable if you are going to use ehive frequently
 
         'pipeline_name' => 'failure_test',                  # name used by the beekeeper to prefix job names on the farm
 

modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/FileZipperUnzipper_conf.pm

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::HiveGeneric_conf');  # All Hive datab
 sub default_options {
     my ($self) = @_;
     return {
-        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work',     # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'ENSEMBL_CVS_ROOT_DIR'},     # it will make sense to set this variable if you are going to use ehive frequently
 
         'pipeline_name' => 'zip_unzip_files',               # name used by the beekeeper to prefix job names on the farm
 

modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/HiveGeneric_conf.pm

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ use Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::Extensions;
 sub default_options {
     my ($self) = @_;
     return {
-        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work',     # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'ENSEMBL_CVS_ROOT_DIR'},     # it will make sense to set this variable if you are going to use ehive frequently
 
         'pipeline_name' => 'hive_generic',
 

modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/SemaLongMult_conf.pm

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::HiveGeneric_conf');  # All Hive datab
 sub default_options {
     my ($self) = @_;
     return {
-        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work',     # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'ENSEMBL_CVS_ROOT_DIR'},     # it will make sense to set this variable if you are going to use ehive frequently
 
         'pipeline_name' => 'sema_long_mult',                # name used by the beekeeper to prefix job names on the farm
 

modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/PipeConfig/TableDumperZipper_conf.pm

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use base ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::PipeConfig::HiveGeneric_conf');  # All Hive datab
 sub default_options {
     my ($self) = @_;
     return {
-        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'HOME'}.'/work',     # some Compara developers might prefer $ENV{'HOME'}.'/ensembl_main'
+        'ensembl_cvs_root_dir' => $ENV{'ENSEMBL_CVS_ROOT_DIR'},     # it will make sense to set this variable if you are going to use ehive frequently
 
         'pipeline_name' => 'zip_tables',                    # name used by the beekeeper to prefix job names on the farm