Drew DeVault • 12/30/2019

Managing my dotfiles as a git repository

The article details a developer's personal method for managing dotfiles (user configuration files) by making his entire $HOME directory a git repository. He uses a single-line .gitignore to ignore all files by default, then forces Git to track specific config files. He also explains setup on new machines, using $HOME as a prefix for binaries and scripts, and handling host-specific configurations for different computers and architectures.

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#git #version control #Dotfiles