dotfile

Cross-platform dotfile manager - Linux, macOS and Windows (msys2|wsl)

Features

• Sync config to home dir and /root home dir (optional)
• Cross-platform links; mklink [/D] for windows, ln -s everywhere else
• Import existing dotfile(s) into config dir
• Backup existing files before replacing with links
• Sync different files for different systems using repo groups (shared|msys|wsl|macos|linux|root)
• Preview without making changes using -p, --preview

Install

Link the script into the PATH.

sudo make install

Setup

• Edit config ~/.config/dotfile/config.ini
• Import dotfiles into config repo

dotfile import .emacs.d/init.el

Usage

Run import to move a local dotfile into the config dir and create a link so that the local dotfile now points to the synced config.

dotfile import .emacs.d/init.el

Preview sync dotfiles (no writes).

dotfile -p sync

Sync dotfiles.

dotfile sync