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Or you could stick your dotfiles and other config in a repo and clone it onto the new machine. Some examples of approaches on this prior thread: https://news.yc
by wincent 6y ago
Or you could stick your dotfiles and other config in a repo and clone it onto the new machine. Some examples of approaches on this prior thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070797
- RMPR 6y agoGNU Stow[1] and chezmoi[2] are two decent approaches for solving common dotfiles problems. [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ [2]: https://fedoramagazine.org/take-back-your-dotfiles-with-chezmoi/ https://fedoramagazine.org/take-back-your-dotfiles-with-chez...
- emilecantin 6y agoI went a step further, and automated as much as I can with Ansible. Had to reinstall everything after an SSD failure recently, this made it a fun project. I'm also planning on upgrading my machine soon, so that should make the process a lot faster. I started from this and customized it to my needs: https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook https://github.com/geerlingguy/mac-dev-playbook