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git dotfiles synchronizer written in bash

18 mentions on Hacker News by 12 people: 1 story, 17 comments · first 2014-10-21 · latest 2024-05-07

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  1. This one's my favorite - has been working reliably and with barely any intervention for years now: https://github.com/andsens/homeshick My own dotfiles: https://github.com/epiccoleman/dotfiles
    comment by epiccoleman · 2024-05-07 · in Dotfiles: Unofficial Guide to Dotfiles on GitHub
  2. …mentioned homesick yet. I prefer homeshick[0], a Bash clone, so I can avoid installing Ruby. [0] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by radlad · 2024-04-19 · in Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
  3. …homeshick[1], before discovering YADM which implemented everything I had done but better. [1] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by jasonpeacock · 2024-03-08 · in Ask HN: What underrated open source project deserves more recognition?
  4. …homeshick[0] setup and a Brewfile that install some basic shell tools for me on a new computer. [0] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by theshrike79 · 2023-04-15 · in The curse of being good in IT
  5. I use Homeshick for this, which also allows me to have multiple repos: https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by justaj · 2023-01-09 · in Dotfiles Management
  6. …probably switching to once I get some time. [1] https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick [2] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick [3] https://yadm.io/
    comment by jasonpeacock · 2022-07-27 · in Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)
  7. Homeshick for dotfiles: https://github.com/andsens/homeshick Docker for Obsidian and Alfred syncing - the three target limit on the free tier is just barely enough for 2 of my own computers and my work laptop. I've also got a Brewfile for…
    comment by theshrike79 · 2022-05-30 · in Ask HN: How do you sync your computer’s development configurations/environment?
  8. …to be converted to Python though. [0] https://starship.rs [1] https://github.com/jethrokuan/fzf [2] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by theshrike79 · 2022-03-19 · in Fish 3.4.0
  9. Just throwing my solution for dotfiles synchronization into the mix as well here, homeshick: https://github.com/andsens/homeshick Maintained for 8 years now, 1.7k stars, only needs git >=1.5, bash >=3, and no root access to install. It's…
    comment by andsens · 2021-05-12 · in A Way to Manage Dotfiles
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    Homeshick – Git dotfiles synchronizer written in bash
    story by johnmaguire · 2021-04-21 · 0 comments
  11. …monstrosities. Most of my stuff comes from a simple homeshick[1] sync with a few files in it. [1] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by theshrike79 · 2021-03-01 · in Fish Shell 3.2
  12. …secrets, etc. I prefer homeshick[0], a Bash port of homesick[1] (which is Ruby). [0] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick [1] https://github.com/technicalpickles/homesick
    comment by jasonpeacock · 2019-12-01 · in Show HN: Manage Dotfiles with Stow
  13. I am a (happy) user of homeshick ( https://github.com/andsens/homeshick ), but this project really seems to top it by providing the only feature that I've missed until now: - use the same source file with different results for different…
    comment by kiesel · 2019-01-14 · in Chezmoi: manage your dotfiles securely across multiple machines
  14. …than homeshick [1] that I fail to see the point. Somebody care to tell me what I'm missing? [1] https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by arcipuffale · 2017-09-22 · in Dotbot, a tool that bootstraps your dotfiles
  15. I use homeshick ( https://github.com/andsens/homeshick ), a - as I understand - rewrite of homesick (ruby) in bash. It needs to be sourced in .{bash,z}shrc and has features like tracking files from multiple repos (so called "castles"),…
    comment by kiesel · 2016-02-11 · in Ask HN: What do you use to manage dotfiles?
  16. Have a look at homeshick [1] as well, it seems to have similar functionality. [1]: https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by jokogr · 2016-01-02 · in vcsh – Version Control System for $HOME
  17. I use the Bash version, homeshick. Works great. https://github.com/andsens/homeshick
    comment by alphapapa · 2015-08-07 · in Dotfiles are your Digital Backpack
  18. You might also checkout https://github.com/andsens/homeshick . Similar idea, but tailored for dotfiles.
    comment by sjLonghorn · 2014-10-21 · in Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles