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been using chezmoi for the past 3 months across 4 machines. i like the template support, but i constantly feel like there's complexity hiding. im finding myself
by wkdneidbwf 4y ago
been using chezmoi for the past 3 months across 4 machines. i like the template support, but i constantly feel like there's complexity hiding. im finding myself needing to relearn various bits of how it works after not touching it for a few weeks at a time.
by far, my favorite thing about chezmoi is that you're managing a separate set of files and syncing then to your homedir, making it reallllllly easy to switch tools or otherwise do something else.
its better than the home-rolled symlink solution i was using before it, and certainly better than some of these turn-your-home-dir-into-a-git-repo solutions.
but if im being honest, i hate every one of these tools in different ways. i dont have the answer, but i feel like im endlessly searching for something that feels like the right balance of simple and flexible.
anybody wanna join my dotfiles-aas startup?
- k4j8 4y agoMy homebrew solution uses comments surrounding or in-line with the code that is machine-specific. The program then uncomments/comments the code appropriately as it is backed up and restored. What do you think of this approach? Would that remove the complexity hiding?
- wkdneidbwf 4y agoi'd have to see it to have much of an opinion. have a GitHub link by chance?
- k4j8 4y agoSee the example usage via the link below. https://github.com/k4j8/filetailor#example-usage https://github.com/k4j8/filetailor#example-usage The program works great for my use case, but I don't have a CS background and this was my first big project, so I'm sure it's full of bugs and poor coding practices.