I’ve done symlinks into a separate directory before, but by far my favorite method is to just let ~ be a git repo. It’s maximally simple, no other tooling needed besides git.
There are a few key steps to making this work well:
echo'*' > ~/.gitignore: This way git status isn’t full of untracked files. I can still git add -f what I actually want to track.
git branch -m dots: For clarity in my shell prompt.
[ -d "$HOME/.local/$(hostname)/bin" ] && PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/$(hostname)/bin and similar if there’s config I want to apply only to certain hosts.
I’ve done symlinks into a separate directory before, but by far my favorite method is to just let
~be a git repo. It’s maximally simple, no other tooling needed besidesgit.There are a few key steps to making this work well:
echo '*' > ~/.gitignore: This waygit statusisn’t full of untracked files. I can stillgit add -fwhat I actually want to track.git branch -m dots: For clarity in my shell prompt.[ -d "$HOME/.local/$(hostname)/bin" ] && PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/$(hostname)/binand similar if there’s config I want to apply only to certain hosts.