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Re:A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager written in... by MotiBanana on Sunday March 02, 2025 @06:43AM (#43229449)
Pretty cool, I personally just use Stow.

1. git clone my dotfiles repo

2. run `stow .`

3. profit

This pretty much guarantees that if my Mac dies today, I can just get up and running in no time on a new machine.

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Re:A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager written in... by metaltyphoon on Sunday March 02, 2025 @08:17AM (#43230231)
I need something that works across OSes. Chezmoi works pretty well.
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Re:A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager written in... by raaron773 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @07:59AM (#43230072)
Same. Stow is pretry great! I only recently discovered about the .stowignore very handy!

This looks like it can work with windows as well and you can easily switch between profiles if you have multiple which is great too

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