That's clever, thanks for sharing this technique! In the past I wrote a bash setup script for my dotfiles repository which pretty much does the opposite, symli

That's clever, thanks for sharing this technique! In the past I wrote a bash setup script for my dotfiles repository which pretty much does the opposite, symlinking a combination of shared and os-specific directories and files into my home dirs. One definite advantage with your technique is that no special setup script is required. I'm thinking I can obviate the need for splitting ommon and os-specific dirs by just detecting when the OS is Linux or macOS within the scripts themselves and using an if statement to gate their execution or sourcing. This concept is related to another HN personal favorite of mine: "Best thing in your bash_profile / aliases" [0]. Lots of interesting command-line shell optimization and slick hack ideas in there. Thanks again for showing me a superior way :) [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18898523 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18898523