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How do you manage your dotfiles? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by no_sle3p@programming.dev to c/experienced_devs@programming.dev
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I'm wondering if there is a new tool out there that I'm missing out on.

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[โ€“] varsock@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i take a Phoenix approach with my dotfiles.

Once a decade when my computer crashes and burns, from the ashes emerges a blank slate of dotfiles that is purged of all unnecessary hacks that have accumulated. With a tear and a hopeful outlook, I rush to set the settings I am actually dependent on.

I really need to take more interest in backing up my dotfiles ๐Ÿ˜ญ