Put your dot files in a git repo and then stop. Automating this sort of thing doesn't make any sense unless you're switching laptops on a much more regular bas

Put your dot files in a git repo and then stop. Automating this sort of thing doesn't make any sense unless you're switching laptops on a much more regular basis than every other year. You're going to spend more time vetting the ideas in these comments than you'd spend configuring your new laptops for the next 4 years. See also: https://xkcd.com/1205/ https://xkcd.com/1205/