Tracking `~/.config` as a regular directory in git only works if all your machines are near-identical. If you want to share dotfiles between, say, Linux and mac

Tracking `~/.config` as a regular directory in git only works if all your machines are near-identical. If you want to share dotfiles between, say, Linux and macOS, or between your home and work machines, then a dotfile manager makes it much much easier. For more reasons, see: https://www.chezmoi.io/why-use-chezmoi/ https://www.chezmoi.io/why-use-chezmoi/ Disclaimer: I'm the author of chezmoi