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But not all things you might do with a dotfile (or, more generally, per-user customization) are just replacing files. Things like cronjobs, brew installs, `defaults` in MacOS, etc. Viewing dotfile-based customization as strictly files to obliterate with pre-existing files is needlessly myopic.
For this broader problem, there are other more complete solutions that are more robust and flexible. Personally I like dotbot (https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot) as a balance between power and simplicity, particularly when managing files across multiple OS homedirs (e.g. linux server, macos laptop).
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CodeRabbit
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https://chezmoi.io/
This is so much easier and more full featured.
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age
A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.
I migrated to chezmoi recently my only gripe is `chezmoi cd` opening in a new shell but `chezmoi git` usually is what I need. The age [0] integration is nice.
[0] - https://github.com/FiloSottile/age
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The JSON hiccup occured to me - I don't have any JSON dotfiles but I guess I'd store it as hjson (https://hjson.github.io/) and add a conversion step.
Symlinking a directory - admittedly didn't come up for my dotfiles, maybe `.ln` files with a similar format in dir roots.
Commands - yes, I still keep a set of shell scripts alongside my config files.
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I keep mine in a github repository and wrote a little script to sync files in both directions:
https://github.com/llimllib/personal_code/blob/6e86441d992ca...
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InfluxDB
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