_The_ method to manage dotfiles is to use git bare repos. [0-1] Its the ideal method as:
* It doesn’t require any configuration except for a ‘git init’ once & an alias (no symlinks, no b.s.)
* Files are version-controlled
* It’s unintrusive & universal: Because it doesn’t move any files or do anything special, there’s no surprising behavior, and you can try out a few files & stop using it with an rm -rf
* and on and on...
I strongly recommend eveybody trying out, no meed for configuration/mapping, and it’s easy to try out.
* It doesn’t require any configuration except for a ‘git init’ once & an alias (no symlinks, no b.s.)
* Files are version-controlled
* It’s unintrusive & universal: Because it doesn’t move any files or do anything special, there’s no surprising behavior, and you can try out a few files & stop using it with an rm -rf
* and on and on...
I strongly recommend eveybody trying out, no meed for configuration/mapping, and it’s easy to try out.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11071754
[1]: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles