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Managing dotfiles with GNU stow (alexpearce.me)

submitted 1 year ago by dark776174657273@lemmy.sdf.org to c/vim@lemmy.sdf.org

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Does anyone have experience using GNU Stow for managing dot files? I'm especially interested in using it to build a git repo to include my .vimrc file so I can sync it between hosts.

I know I've seen other methods, such as making your home directory a bare git repo, so you can check-in your config files without moving them. There is also the chezmoi golang project.

How do others sync .vimrc between hosts?

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[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been using Chezmoi for 2 weeks and it's fine so far. I guess most of those tools have the same features and IMHO it's a waste of time to compare every little detail. Use one for a month (stow in your case) and see if it's good for you.

[–] dark776174657273@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you use any of the encrypted secrets features? That's one of the big differences between chezmoi and the other options.

[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I don't use such a feature. I only keep basic configurations that I don't want to reproduce everywhere like my emacs configuration. I suspect it's mostly used by developers who need to store SSH keys, server configs, or other weird stuff. I'm a developer for backend or regular applications and I don't need this kind of synchronization.