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| | rgoswami.me
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| | Discussion on dotfile management, a meandering path to my current setup from dotgit to bombadil. EDIT: Superseded by my chezmoi configuration described here Background No one gets very far working with stock one-size fits all tools in any discipline but it is especially true of working with computers. The right set of dotfiles have been compared to priming spells for invocation later, and this is probably true. More than anything else, dotfiles offer familiarity where there is none, be it from cowsay or a fancy shell prompt1.
| | brandont.dev
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| | shreevatsa.wordpress.com
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| | If you have ever put something in a file like .bashrc and had it not work, or are confused by why there are so many different files -- .bashrc, .bash_profile, .bash_login, .profile etc. -- and what they do, this is for you. The issue is that Bash sources from a different file based on what...
| | hjr265.me
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| Finding the files you are looking for without combing through hundreds of directories is a true time-saver and an easy productivity move. I try to keep my files and directories in order, named and organized neatly. I don't have stale files at the base of my home directory. I have separate directories for my projects, my company stuff, and the work I do for my clients. But my ~/Downloads directory is always a colossal mess.