Storing my dotfiles on github is generally the right way to go. Using what is likely an overcomplicated setup script, this repo can do a comparison against the already setup config file that is about to be replaced and give that info before running.
- I wanted to store my gitconfig in github without including settings specific to my git username
- ...
- Profit
make help
...
make bashrc
make profile
make git
make vimrc
If you want to modify where the files get put, you can call the
make targets with a different HOME directory.
HOME=/my/special/dir make vimrc