Best way to manage dotfiles using just Git

• legacy_dotfiles

  1 0 0.0 Shell

  My dotfiles, plain and simple.

It depends on what applications you use. I use a twm (i3 and Qtile), neovim is my editor of choice, calcurse my calendar app... And so on. Plus all bash and tty config, and a few other things... https://github.com/mhsalvor/dotfiles

• yadm

  81 4,779 2.4 Python

  Yet Another Dotfiles Manager

I'm currently happy with yadm. It basically does the same thing, and has some extra features some might find useful. I used just git before and then chezmoi for a while.

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• dotfiles_skeleton

  13 15 2.9 Shell

  robust and beginner friendly dotfile skeleton

I dont believe there is "a best way", since requirements for dotfiles differ. For simple replications my [dotfile skeleton](https://github.com/matu3ba/dotfiles_skeleton) using fd with ignorefiles worked fine for me.

• dotfiles

  13 29 8.5 Shell

  My dotfiles, utilizing 'pont', my dotmodule manager (by AlexAegis)

• pont

  3 26 3.7 Shell

  pont, the dotmodule manager

• dotbot

  31 6,794 5.8 Python

  A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️

I trust a manager like dotbot. With a simple command I create all the symbolic links and leave everything installed and configured. Over time I have been creating a folder structure to have all the files organized. Also, I try to browse other repositories that I find in case I see something interesting.

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