arch-install VS yadm

My script asks for all the questions at the start (username, password, drives, and such) and then you can walk away and it'll be done. If you want, you can modify my own. I think it's not too hard to understand, and the readme explains how it works and what you should change, so you can give it a go: https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install

In case you want to check how this works: Arch install script, dotfiles.

So, basically, I did a very easy to use and highly customizable Arch installation script. If you want to use it yourself, you will have to modify some things. Everything is explained in the readme. https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install

Hope you like it, I want to know what you think about it. https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install/

I also made an install script, although honestly, it's tailored for my personal use, but it is kinda flexible (not a lot mind you).

BTW, in case you care, in my arch install script I have listed all the KDE packages I actually care about, in case you want/need a KDE install that's not so minimal it lacks features, but also not super bloated: https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install/blob/master/packages.sh

The script is designed to make a GPT partitioning scheme with kde plasma. Here's how it looks: https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install/blob/master/install.sh

Everyone hand-rolls their own dotfile management system, but YADM already does everything you need:

https://yadm.io/

I've been working around this using tools built on top of git like [yadm](https://github.com/TheLocehiliosan/yadm) and relying on `ls-files` to list all my tracked dotfiles and their paths.

Still having everything in one place would make things much simpler. Great idea!

I wonder if the program i use to manage my dotfiles could help manage your scripts and extend your setup to all your desktops? Its called yadm (https://yadm.io/) it makes it so easy to have a laptop and a desktop or two.

I really like that one but still prefer yadm because you can just edit your files as usual and then yadm add them wherever you are.

If you haven’t already, this is the time to install a tool like yadm and get your computer configuration into version control. Your command-line tools can be managed by yadm directly, your system settings can mostly be managed with a yadm bootstrap script that runs things like defaults write, and the software you install can be managed with a Brewfile that the yadm bootstrap script uses to install software with Homebrew. Don’t manually download Xcode, use xcodes to do it.

I personally use YADM. It's basically a git repo on my home folder, that only tracks what I explicitly set. And you can setup bootstraps to do what you said, install a bunch of stuff or make custom changes. In it's essence, it's a set of bash/sh files that are executed sequentially when you launch the yadm bootstrap command.