I would like to use git to keep revision histories of my home and etc
directories. I have several computers and I like to keep their
environments similar. I could see git pulls updating .bash_aliases,
.bashrc, and various bash and perl scripts I create in the home
directory, and updating /etc config files. Git pushes would share any
recent changes to other computers. This way no matter which computer I
am working on, the environment will be similar and I can make changes
and know they will be copied to the others.
I haven't figured out a good way to deal with the files that have local
settings in them. Using .gitignore feels a little overkill. Only certain
lines of the files need to be unique. Once they are set, I'd like
subsequent changes to be updated. I could cherry-pick manually but I'd
like a more automated method. I have read about etckeeper,
git-home-history and gibak, but they seem to be designed for backing up
and versioning files on one computer and not for sharing files.
Has anyone done something similar using git or is another tool more
suitable.
Thanks
jimk
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