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Why not just `scp ~/.tmux.conf remotehost:`?

• monsieurbanana 6mo ago
  Sometimes I ssh into a server as a specific user (e.g. as the "app" user that is used to run a web app), sometimes only root is available (probably not best practice, but it's not like I can or want to fix it myself). In any case it's not practical to carry your dotfiles everywhere you go. Changes are also a hassle to propagate
• al_borland 6mo ago
  I can't speak for the parent, but I rarely login to the same remote server twice and don't want to need to set things up and clean them up anytime I do. This is why I try to keep my stuff as close to vanilla as possible. If anything goes wrong on a server and someone sees I have a whole bunch of dot files to customize my config, it becomes a red herring that I have to spend time explaining away.
  • cr125rider 6mo ago
    If only we had ways to automate repeating processes… oh well
    • traderj0e 6mo ago
      No, wanting to keep things vanilla when you're dealing with lots of random servers is a valid concern. Just because you can solve this with shell scripting doesn't mean you should.
      • skydhash 6mo ago
        You could always copy the config to /tmp and use the -f flag.
• alecsm 6mo ago
  Because I'm not the owner of the remote host.