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Add an install.sh that attempts to determine the OS, install stow and then call my apply-dotfiles script to use stow. The old installation process that was based on nix, has been moved to nix-install.
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# Dotfiles
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This is my personal dotfiles repository containing all my configurations (and some credentials in git-crypt). Most of these files are managed using [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) to symlink them into place while the real files live in this repository under version control.
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## Installation
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To place all the configuration files in their ultimate location we use the `apply-dotfiles` bash script. This script requires both `git` and `stow` to be available so we wrap this in either `install.sh` to install it similar to [gitpod dotfiles](https://www.gitpod.io/docs/configure/user-settings/dotfiles#custom-installation-script) (which are also used for [coder](https://coder.com/) workspaces) or `nix-install` for my many machines that have either Nix or NixOS installed.
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## Secret Management
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I use `git-crypt` to keep some sensitive files in this repo. Namely my taskwarrior configuration which uses locally stored certificates in it's configuration as a means of authentication. While using `git-crypt` for this is pretty functional the process of moving PGP keys around is onerous enough that I haven't put a lot of effort into automating this portion of my dotfiles. It's there, there are scripts to interact with it but it's still mostly manual right now
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### Things to watch out for
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As anyone who maintains their own dotfiles long enough will know, your mileage will vary depending on your target OS. You have static configuration files setup against one version of software being moved to other machines that might use older/newer versions where configuration options have changed. You might end up getting annoying warnings (common in vim) or things just might not work at all. You may have to tune things for the lowest common denominator or create alternate configurations for specific operating system.
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