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Wouldn't something like Dropbox (or some kind of hacky rsync/shellscript/cron replacement) be more appropriate for that? Usually you don't want to version your
by ygra 13y ago
Wouldn't something like Dropbox (or some kind of hacky rsync/shellscript/cron replacement) be more appropriate for that? Usually you don't want to version your configuration files; you just want them to be the same in all places. And with a repository I still have to think about committing, pushing and pulling.
- weland 13y agoMy dotfiles have acquired enough cruft and interdependence in the many years they've been written that I certainly benefit from keeping them under version control. If all you have is a dozen lines in .bashrc and .tmuxrc it's ok, but once you pile up custom scripts and configs it gets out of hand quickly and you actually end up with regressions.
- grota1981 13y agoI'm the author of the article. I think that the fact of having a repository actually is more appropriate, because (at least for me) dotfiles are really not a static set of files. At least say, once a week, I end up changing something, something that I'm not 100% sure I'll adopt in my workflow. So I create a branch for that change that I can safely delete later if needs be.