managing dotfiles: a guided tour through my own setup
Channel: Marcus Crane
Date: 2024-01-14

Happy dotfiling

Here are the links I mentioned in no particular order:

🤓 My dotfiles:
Github: https://github.com/marcus-crane/dotfiles
Website: https://dotfiles.utf9k.net/

🔧 Tools:
Chezmoi https://chezmoi.io/
Comparison table: https://www.chezmoi.io/comparison-table/
GNU Stow: https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/

📚 References
Rob Pike on the history of dotfiles: https://web.archive.org/web/20190318012059/https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/R58WgWwN9jp
XDG Base Directory Specification: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

📝 Blog posts:
Conditionally setting your gitconfig: https://utf9k.net/blog/conditional-gitconfig
Validating whether an email address exists: https://utf9k.net/blog/email-lookup
Brandon Invergo on using GNU Stow: https://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html