I’m wondering if there is a new tool out there that I’m missing out on.

  • @woodvale
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    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      That’s the way I do it, although I have a custom script that generates the symlinks for me. Not sure why I’d need anything more

  • codemonk
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    111 year ago

    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
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      01 year ago

      I do the same! It works quite well.

    • Outcide
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      31 year ago

      Had a homebrew Git setup for ages and recently started using Chezmoi. It’s only been a few weeks, but so far it’s been pretty great!

    • @proton_lynx
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      31 year ago

      What I really like about chezmoi is how it can retrieve secrets stored on Bitwarden. Your git history is clean of secrets but you can have them referenced on your dotfiles.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      I use Chezmoi but I have to point out some of its downfalls vs. other dotfile managers, particularly if someone is looking to migrate to it.

      • Go’s templating lib is incredibly unergonomic.
      • Identifying file perms and visibility in by special naming convention is pretty gross. Also makes it more difficult to migrate to another solution.
      • If you’re deleting files, you need to remember to do it through chezmoi remove .... You can’t just rm them from your dotfiles directory, because chezmoi does not sync state; it simply applies what’s currently in your repo.
      • Handling multiple systems through .chezmoiignore ends up being overly verbose and unintuitive vs. the approach used by other dotfile managers

      Despite these gripes I still use it because deployment via a single binary is convenient, and there’s enough control through the generated config file + system info to handle multiple kinds of deployments sort-of-sensibly (see point 4 above).

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        it’s so useful! I used to have some terrible setup going with branches for different OSes in my dotfiles, and chezmoi really simplified the whole thing

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Indeed, I use my dotfiles across several machines, architectures, and distributions and it’s fantastic

  • @[email protected]
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    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 😭

  • Nate Cox
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    81 year ago

    I’m all in on nix with home-manager these days. Really seems like an ideal framework for my dotfiles and of all the systems I’ve tried over the years this is the one I’m happiest with.

    Hell of a learning curve, though.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Yep it’s like maintaining a codebase that’s getting increasingly better. It’s a rabbit-hole and a timesink (kind of because you’re trying to get the best out of it, and thus configure likely more) but I think it’s worth it. It gets better overtime as well

  • corytheboyd
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    Tried all the fancy ideas, never stuck with it. I just use git to track changes now and move on with my life. There are like four functions I carry around with me, then whatever path additions and init scripts I pile up. It’s so light it doesn’t really matter when I move to a new machine

  • Gamma
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    I’ve done symlinks into a separate directory before, but by far my favorite method is to just let ~ be a git repo. It’s maximally simple, no other tooling needed besides git.

    There are a few key steps to making this work well:

    • echo '*' > ~/.gitignore: This way git status isn’t full of untracked files. I can still git add -f what I actually want to track.
    • git branch -m dots: For clarity in my shell prompt.
    • [ -d "$HOME/.local/$(hostname)/bin" ] && PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/$(hostname)/bin and similar if there’s config I want to apply only to certain hosts.
    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Pretty happy with nixos these days, after the initial (crazy) learning curve. But I really like the creative simplicity of this idea

      • Gamma
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        21 year ago

        Stole Forked this idea from Drew Devault.

        I’m looking at NixOS now for my server, and while I understand the host config, I’m curious whether I could integrate this into my config in some way.

  • @demesisx
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    41 year ago

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  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    I still put them in gists, with no real tooling. I pull them in selectively when I get a new machine.

  • Howard Do
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    31 year ago

    I used bare git repo before, then switch to GNU Stow + Nix home-manager.