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Chezmoi – Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely

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Re: Chezmoi – Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely

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Post by prometheon1 »

DavideNL wrote: post #16

Hmmz so with Chezmoi you can't edit your files directly... not very convenient. I'd rather use a bare Git repository : - https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles - https://www.ackama.com/what-we-think/the-best-way-to-store-y...

I'm not a user, but was just checking out the docs and it looks like you can set it up so that you can still edit your files directly and "save" the changes automatically: https://www.chezmoi.io/user-guide/advanced/use-chezmoi-with-...

Re: Chezmoi – Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely

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Post by klysm »

aliqot wrote: post #41
klysm wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt the scripts are simple, it’s not easy to make such things idempotent.

idempotent is about the most useless word ever. When all the words are sitting around at the end of the day, you got a few good ones making dinner, and maybe a clever contraction sitting on the couch, then you have little Idempotent, chewing on a fucking crayon in the corner with a finger in the light socket.

I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Idempotent has a very clear definition.
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