My dotfiles have acquired enough cruft and interdependence in the many years they've been written that I certainly benefit from keeping them under version contr

My 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.