Hello friends, Today, we’re diving into the world of dotfiles. If you’ve ever customized your terminal, text editor, or shell, you’ve likely encountered the concept of managed dotfiles. Let’s explore why managing these configuration files is essential, how to handle them locally with What Are Dotfiles?Dotfiles are a collection of configuration files that allow you to configure applications using code. They get their name from the Unix convention of hiding files by prefixing them with a dot, such as Why Manage Dotfiles?
Managing Dotfiles Locally with Stow and SymlinksUsing Organize Your Dotfiles: Create a directory structure for your dotfiles. Each configuration should have its own folder. Ideally, run Use Stow to Create Symlinks: Navigate to your dotfiles repo and run Stow to create symlinks in your home directory:
Working with a .stowrc FileTo improve the process above, let’s customize Stow’s behavior, you can use a Syncing Dotfiles Remotely with CoderCoder (coder.com) provides cloud-based development environments, perfect for maintaining consistency across your devices. Here’s how to sync your dotfiles with Coder. Coder got templates for pretty much every option you can think of, including syncing your dotfiles repo to an instance you provision with them. To use their dotfiles template all you have to do is add If you’re subscribed to DevOps ToolBox on Youtube there’s a video coming out soon going through this entire process step by step! Hopefully this helped you come up with ideas behind the reasoning and application of my flow to improve yours. While I know this can be improved with projects like chezmoi, or Nix’s home manager, I’m really curious to hear your thoughts! Please reply to this email with feedback / ideas and let’s chat! Until next week, have a great reset of your day. |
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