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I just put dotfiles directly where they are and majr a .git directory in my $HOME. .gitignore everything and git add -f files when I need to. no symlinking or

I just put dotfiles directly where they are and majr a .git directory in my $HOME. .gitignore everything and git add -f files when I need to. no symlinking or anything.

rfoo 2y ago
For those who are convinced and want a slightly more convenient tool for doing this: try yadm.
- dngray 2y ago
  As someone who used yadm, and switched to chezmoi, the main reason was templating was so much better in chezmoi, no external dependencies. Also less need on any scripts to set things up, due to chezmoi being more "deterministic" which means applying everything was a lot faster too.
mixmastamyk 2y ago
If you want to avoid force: git config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no