Hacker News with Generative AI: Dotfiles

Why “alias” is my last resort for aliases (evanhahn.com)
Aliases were one of the first things I added when customizing my dotfiles. For example, here’s a very early alias I defined:
Dotfiles, Command Line, Customization
58 points by todsacerdoti 29 days ago | 63 comments
A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager written in Rust (github.com/Shemnei)
⚡ A cross-platform multi-target dotfiles manager
Rust, Dotfiles, Cross-Platform, Configuration Management
81 points by michidk 32 days ago | 82 comments
Yadm: Yet Another Dotfiles Manager (github.com/yadm-dev)
yadm is a tool for managing dotfiles.
Dotfiles, Software, Tools, Open Source
46 points by nateb2022 105 days ago | 24 comments
Home Manager: Dotfiles Management (gvolpe.com)
This project provides a basic system for managing a user environment using the Nix package manager together with the Nix libraries found in Nixpkgs. It allows declarative configuration of user specific (non-global) packages and dotfiles.
Configuration Management, Nix, Dotfiles
24 points by todsacerdoti 106 days ago | 12 comments
How I configure my Git identities (benji.dog)
I like to mess with my dotfiles and every so often, I find out about a new way to do things and I spend more time than I should learning how to use it.
Git, Configuration, Dotfiles
439 points by 8organicbits 129 days ago | 106 comments
Better Dotfiles (iamdan.me)
Whilst reorganising my dotfiles I avoided superfluous dotfile managers and the limitations of the "version control $HOME" method by instead including first-line comments of the form `<comment delimiter> ln <link name>` in files which needed to be symlinked.
Dotfiles, Linux, Command Line
153 points by dansalias 210 days ago | 107 comments
Dotfiles: Unofficial Guide to Dotfiles on GitHub (dotfiles.github.io)
Dotfiles, GitHub, Software, Configuration Management
229 points by stefankuehnel 331 days ago | 71 comments
Ask HN: Why do people need more than git to manage dotfiles? (ycombinator.com)
Git, Dotfiles, Software Development, Command Line, Configuration Management
10 points by xk3 347 days ago | 7 comments