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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by goblin89 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @06:45AM (#20845576)
Symlinking configuration files is the approach behind GNU stow. I version my dotfiles in a repository, and on a new system it’s enough to simply run:

  cd ~
  git clone <dotfiles repo>
  cd <dotfiles repo>
  stow <profile|vim|ansible|bin|...>
Every piece of software I use plays well with it. If I were using Dropbox, the announced change wouldn’t break my workflow.
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