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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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[–] codemonk@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer to keep tooling for that at a minimum. Therefore I use git only. My approach is taken from here: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles The only difference: My git alias is dotfiles not config. I find that to be less confusing. Additionally, I source system-specific configs, where appropriate. These are not stored in dotfiles. There is a small todo section in my readme.

[–] o_o@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I do the same! It works quite well.