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Re:Rotz: Cross platform dotfile manager written in Rust by MuffinFlavored on Monday April 08, 2024 @04:12PM (#39973229)
> I just have a git repo with a branch for every machine.

Aren't you supposed to "not" commit secrets/sensitive values to git repos as "best practice"?

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Re:Rotz: Cross platform dotfile manager written in Rust by dark-star on Monday April 08, 2024 @04:17PM (#39973265)
I guess it's a private repo...
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Re:Rotz: Cross platform dotfile manager written in Rust by az09mugen on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:00AM (#39978506)
For many dotfile configs such as text editors, aliases or else not involving security, I personally don't care if it's public. Take this example https://github.com/AzogMugen/shortcuts-config/tree/master/ho...
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Re:Rotz: Cross platform dotfile manager written in Rust by pvorb on Monday April 08, 2024 @04:47PM (#39973535)
Perhaps SSH/GPG private keys are .gitignored?
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Re:Rotz: Cross platform dotfile manager written in Rust by solarengineer on Monday April 08, 2024 @08:40PM (#39975204)
I protect my ssh keys with passphrases, and then load the keys using ssh-add.
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Re:Rotz: Cross platform dotfile manager written in Rust by kaashif on Monday April 08, 2024 @04:50PM (#39973568)
Where does their comment indicate they commit secrets?
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