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*Save your dotfiles once, deploy them everywhere* *Save your dotfiles once, deploy them everywhere*
Dotdrop makes the management of dotfiles between different Dotdrop makes the management of dotfiles between different hosts easy.
hosts easy.
It allows to store your dotfiles on git and automagically deploy It allows to store your dotfiles on git and automagically deploy
different versions on different setups. different versions of the same file on different setups.
It also allows to manage different *sets* of dotfiles.
For example you can have a set of dotfiles for your home laptop and For example you can have a set of dotfiles for your home laptop and
a different set for your office desktop. Those sets may overlap and different a different set for your office desktop. Those sets may overlap and different
versions of the same dotfile can be deployed on different predefined *profiles*. versions of the same dotfiles can be deployed on different predefined *profiles*.
Another use case is when you have a main set of dotfiles for your Another use case is when you have a main set of dotfiles for your
everyday's host and a sub-set you only need to deploy to temporary everyday's host and a sub-set you only need to deploy to temporary
hosts (cloud VM, etc) that may be using hosts (cloud VM, etc) that may be using
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``` ```
To avoid the need to provide the config file path to dotdrop each time it To avoid the need to provide the config file path to dotdrop each time it
is called, you can create an alias: is called, you can create an alias in your shell:
``` ```
alias dotdrop='dotdrop --cfg=<path-to-your-config.yaml>' alias dotdrop='dotdrop --cfg=<path-to-your-config.yaml>'
``` ```
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* import the clear dotfile (creates the correct entries in the config file) * import the clear dotfile (creates the correct entries in the config file)
```bash ```bash
./dotdrop.sh import ~/.secret $ ./dotdrop.sh import ~/.secret
``` ```
* encrypt the original dotfile * encrypt the original dotfile
```bash ```bash
<some-gpg-command> ~/.secret $ <some-gpg-command> ~/.secret
``` ```
* overwrite the dotfile with the encrypted version * overwrite the dotfile with the encrypted version
```bash ```bash
cp <encrypted-version-of-secret> dotfiles/secret $ cp <encrypted-version-of-secret> dotfiles/secret
``` ```
* edit the config file and add the transformation to the dotfile * edit the config file and add the transformation to the dotfile
* commit and push the changes * commit and push the changes