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I have multiple machines on multiple operating systems and dev on all of them. I sync nothing across them, instead I adjust to as many of the defaults of Sublime Text as possible and the only consistency is in how I organise the working directory on disk.
This isn't what you asked, but I'm not sure one has to sync them all.
I keep my config on Github (latest branch https://github.com/alexghr/nix/tree/host/vader). I'm still new to this so a lot of my config is duplicated across different hosts but I want to refactor it to eliminate duplication.
If you haven't yet, I'd recommend giving Nix/NixOS a try. There's a bit of a learning curve but it's very powerful.
You could use a dotfiles manager like https://yadm.io/ It's more or less a wrapper of git, but it comes with a bunch of features that allow you to do the things you describe.
Like a few others here, I use git with a .dotfiles directory, which uses an install script that creates symblinks (among other things). It's grown a lot of over the years (maybe decade now?) and I've been meaning to look into using something like GNU Stow, but haven't got around to it. The install script and configuration works on macOS and Linux, but sometimes requires updating when running on a new machine (like re…
For development environments, JetBrains IDEs have their own cloud config sync thing and I try to stick to defaults as much as possible (and rely on the language environment's tooling for linting/formatting/etc rather than the one in the IDE).
I pull some information from the local keychain and others from 1Password (with `op`; I will be moving most of the rest to 1Password from the keychain). It can run additional scripts _after_ each update (I use it to update my fish plug-in installations if I change `fish_plugins`).
It has integrations with many different password managers so that it is possible truly keep your secrets out of your dotfile configuration and _still_ vary the configuration based on those secrets.
Somewhat related question:
Can GNU stow do this, and if not, can anyone recommend a package/app to do it? I want to have a config file with a list of source files and where I want them symlinked. Then have a tool that maintains those links. Example:
# SOURCE # DESTINATION
zsh/zshenv ~/.zshenv
zsh/zshrc ~/.zshrc
gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
Not just with development environments, but all computer configuration, I stick with the defaults as much as possible. Instead of changing the configuration of the computer, I change myself. For example, let's say an app has a default keyboard shortcut I don't like. I won't change it. Instead, I'll just get used to it until it becomes muscle memory. Now the default configurations are my preferred configurations. Of c…
I have even written a short essay, as I found myself repeating the same suggestions many a times. https://notes.oinam.com/digital/apple/
I use chezmoi ( http://chezmoi.io ) after years of rolling my own. It’s not as straightforward as some home managers, but the extra power it provides is _amazing_ and worth the learning curve. I pull some information from the local keychain and others from 1Password (with `op`; I will be moving most of the rest to 1Password from the keychain). It can run additional scripts _after_ each update (I use it to update my f…