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/g/ how do you manage your dotfiles?
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>>52490341
with my cursor
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Bumping for interest.

Does anyone use a git repo for /etc?
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homeshick

Also curing my autism so I don't get paranoid about getting my dotfiles perfect.
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gnu stow
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>>52490524
Is that like, free as in freedom cocaine?
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I store them on a storage drive.
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>>52490397
that's fucking clever actually... I'm setting up a git repo for this now
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>>52490397
>>52490625
What's the point?
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>>52491483
>clean install
>git clone https://github.com/anon/etc
>walla
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>>52490397
I use a git repo for /dev
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>>52491523
>walla
>walla??
>walla?
VoilĂ 
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>>52493005
It's a meme you dip
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>>52491523
>walla

>publishes secret keys, ssh server config, secret apache directories and redirects to github
great idea, kid
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>>52493030
Sorry. Never seen this.
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>>52493041
>implying any neckbeard /g/entooman knows what any of that is
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>>52490341
It's called I fucking make my computer do it retard.
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>>52493041
>secret apache directories and redirects

please tell me no one fucking does this.

also .gitignore exists for a reason.
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>>52490341
git repo + gnu stow
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>>52493791
>gnu stow

thanks senpai.
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>>52493041
>not knowing what tomb is
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>>52490341
rsync -a wherever:~/.* ~/
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>>52493041
>not using private repos
fuck off poorfag
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>>52494326
my nigga
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>>52493064
it's not a very well known meme but is used quite a bit on /ck/
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>>52493122
>implying there are no scrapers looking for that particular shit
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anyone here using a custom bash command for setting symlinks and updating dotfiles from github so all your dotfiles can be in one directory (and use the same bash script on multiple computers)?

http://blog.smalleycreative.com/tutorials/using-git-and-github-to-manage-your-dotfiles/
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>>52493041
lmao

tmux conf
vim conf
bashrc
emacs bullshit

the list goes on. stop spouting shit just to make yourself sound smart
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>>52495305
this is what gnu stow does already.
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I just have a bunch of gists.
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>>52496563

wow this is pretty cool, how come I've never heard of this before?
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>>52496563
>Stow
What the fuck, this is just a really stupid package manager. If you want to manage dotfiles, you should use something like Homesick.
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mercurial
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>>52490341
I buckup them on my homeserver
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