Last modified: 2023-04-08
dotfiles
TODO:
User-specific application configuration is traditionally stored in so called dotfiles (files whose filename starts with a dot). It is common practice to track dotfiles with a version control system such as Git to keep track of changes and synchronize dotfiles across various hosts.
There is a article on archlinux wiki about doftiles.
I am fan of yadm, which is what I am using and what I will focus on here.
yadm is based on git (basically just a git wrapper), with all of git's features with addition of alternative files, templates, bootstrapping script and hooks. Documentation for yadm.
I am tracking two separate set of dotfiles - user dotfiles and system dotfiles - therefore I have two repositories. Both these repositories are still work in progress, but I guess that is always the case with dotfiles xD.
system dotfiles
Starting from scratch
Here I took inspiration from yadm FAQ.
The plan is to manage system dotfiles only unser root user, therefore I create a alias for root (/root/.bashrc):
alias yadm='sudo yadm --yadm-dir /etc/yadm'
There is sudo used in the alias because of problems with environment variables. Something I should fix at some point.
Initialize the yadm repo using the worktree of /
# yadm init -w /
You should see something like:
Initialized empty shared Git repository in /root/.local/share/yadm/repo.git/
You can add remote:
yadm remote add origin git@git.sr.ht:~atomicfs/dotfiles-system
The you can start using it as git repository:
# yadm add /root/.bashrc
# yadm commit -m "added .bashrc file"
# yadm push --set-upstream origin master