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Sync bash aliases and ssh keys across devices

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How do you guys quickly sync your settings (especially bash aliases and ssh keys) across your machines?

Ideally i want a simple script to run on every new server I work with. Any suggestions?

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Joker@discuss.tchncs.de
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Git and GNU stow.

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noUsernamesLef7@infosec.pub
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I love this solution, I’ve been using it for years. I had previously just been using the home directory is a git repo approach, and it never quite felt natural to me and came with quite a few annoyances. Adding stow to the mix was exactly what I needed.

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Anonymouse@lemmy.world
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This is the only answer for me. Bonus points if your .login file does a background git pull.

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pspinler@beehaw.org
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Ditto – I’ve been keeping a central to me git repo for my settings for years. Any new machine I’m on ‘git clone ; ./settings/setup.sh’, then my pull’d .profile does a git pull on login.

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