Hugo • 4/18/2023

Tracking dotfiles

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This article discusses the practice of tracking dotfiles (user configuration files) with Git. It details the author's personal experience since 2012, highlighting benefits like easy rollback, change history, and cross-device synchronization. The content provides a technical overview of different implementation approaches, analyzing their pros and cons, such as tracking the entire $HOME directory.

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