sqlitefs VS dotfiles

> but also presents as a true filesystem.

As does:

https://github.com/guardianproject/libsqlfs

https://github.com/narumatt/sqlitefs

(I know nothing about these, just got them from a quick search)

Yeah it's great! I used it to implement a little utility to convert a subset of SMS/MMS messages from an XML backup to a more readable plain text version: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/0b075d79a6ff8812a1f48a37b9858938b3eadc58/bin/rust/searchsms/main.rs

My dotfiles: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles

Here are some selected scripts folks might find interesting.

Here's my backup script that I use to encrypt my data at rest before shipping it off to s3. Runs every night and is idempotent. I use s3 lifecycle rules to keep data around for 6 months after it's deleted. That way, if my script goofs, I can recover: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae...

I have so many machines running Archlinux that I wrote my own little helper for installing Arch that configures the machine in the way I expect: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae...

A tiny little script to recover the git commit message you spent 10 minutes writing, but "lost" because something caused the actual commit to fail (like a gpg error): https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae...

A script that produces a GitHub permalink from just a file path and some optional file numbers. Pass --clip to put it on your clipboard: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae... --- I use it with this vimscript function to quickly generate permalinks from my editor: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae...

A wrapper around 'gh' (previously: 'hub') that lets you run 'hub-rollup pr-number' and it will automatically rebase that PR into your current branch. This is useful for creating one big "rollup" branch of a bunch of PRs. It is idempotent. https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae...

Scale a video without having to memorize ffmpeg's crazy CLI syntax: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae...

Under X11, copy something to your clipboard using the best tool available: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae...

Otherwise, the most common "breakage" I get is when I forget to update in a while. Used to be a mostly non-issue until package signing became a thing. Now I get lots of signing errors when I update. When that happens, I run this script and it usually fixes things: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/2f58eedf3b7f7dae7f0a7cea1a641459e25e5d07/bin/pacman-fix-keys

Sadly, at work, I can't use my own bespoke setup any more. I'm effectively forced to use GNOME, which has the same braindead support for multiple monitors that KDE has. These days, I just gave up on multiple monitors and work on my laptop in my sunroom at home. Back when I was in the office and using multiple monitors, it pretty much sucked, but I did write a little script that lets me at least move focus between monitors using my keyboard while respecting the window stacking order. I had intended to expand it with more stuff, but then COVID hit, my sunroom became my work environment and multiple monitors became a luxury I didn't care about any more. For work, anyway.

The zsh builtin with a custom TIMEFMT: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/965383e6eeb0bad4...

That's what I used to do, but I switched to Josh's strategy a couple years ago.[1] It doesn't "blow up" git-status. If some new piece of software creates a new directory with a bunch of random stuff in it, git-status will just show you the directory since it is is untracked, and not everything in it.

[1]: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/965383e6eeb0bad4...

But I did that enough that I've scripted most of it: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/blob/caed7921e48d112cc8932b33b81013fcbbcb2e08/bin/arch-install

For docs and license, see: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/tree/master/.doc

This is why I kept mine private for so many years too. A bit ago, I cleaned house and published them: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles

Sometimes, yes. Example: https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles/tree/master/bin/rust/setup-system-links