| dotfiles | vcsh | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7 | |
| 12 | 2,152 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.2 | 7.6 | |
| 17 days ago | 24 days ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
dotfiles
vcsh
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Managing my dot files: Git bare or Stow ?
I'm pretty happy with vcsh. I've used a lot of options over the years, and this is the only one I've never been motivated to replace.
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GitHub Does Dotfiles
weirdly, nobody mentioned vcsh[1] yet. it's a git-based tool that gives all git goodies. I use it and a couple of bash micro scripts to pull/push the latest changes upon logging in/out into shell (again bash, but seeking for POSIX or fish-based version)
[1] https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
- Vcsh – multiple Git repositories in $HOME
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Git ignores .gitignore with .gitignore in .gitignore
I feel obligated to point out vcsh [1], which is likely already packaged for your operating system.
[1] https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
The main selling point is that you can set up various git repos for different things. I have one for SSH keys (and no, that does not get pushed anywhere except to my own private server), VIM, neovim, bash, and 'other' (for misc config files like .dir_colors, .gitconfig, etc.).
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How to move dotfiles from $home?
All you need is https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh
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How do you manage your dotfiles?
I'm using vcsh which is basically a small wrapper around git. The resulting repository is this in my case.
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Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
It’s over-engineered, but I’ve been using https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh for this for years.
What are some alternatives?
dotfiles - My system's dotfile 😄
GNU Stow - GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches
tiny-matrix-bot - matrix.org bot based on matrix-nio
yadm - Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
ansible-debian - Buildfiles: Ansible automated leight-weight and sensible Debian provisioning
dotbare - Manage dotfiles and any git directories interactively with fzf
dot.me - me dot files
rcm - rc file (dotfile) management
dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
dotfiles - Settings for various tools I use.
.dotfiles - macOS, Linux, and Windows dotfiles
bashdot - Minimalist dotfile management framework.