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The synchronizing with Dropbox is pretty clever. Had never thought of that. Probably some latency issues--it wouldn't suit all cases but definitely would be a s

• kaeluka 15y ago
  I use it for all of my dotfiles. A small script moves them to the ~/Dropbox/bckp/dotfiles and replaces them with a symbolic link. Also for my ~/scripts folder. It's wonderful to have access to those in a matter of minutes if you are starting with a new machine...
  • mdwrigh2 15y ago
    For an alternative method, I do a similar thing but put them all on Github and have a quick script to symlink them to the right place. Easy to set up a new machine in minutes, and I maintain history indefinitely. https://github.com/mdwrigh2/dotfiles https://github.com/mdwrigh2/dotfiles
• icebraining 15y ago
  Do you (the plural you) really trust Dropbox Inc. enough to give them access to all your application files on your servers? Personally I don't use Dropbox for anything minimally sensitive (basically, anything that I haven't downloaded from the web) without putting it on a Truecrypt container. Maybe I'm just paranoid, though.
  • Luyt 15y ago
    I'd use tarsnap.