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title: Keeping Files And Configuration In Sync
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author: Correl Roush
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<p>
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I have a few computers I use on a daily basis, and I like to keep the
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same emacs and shell configuration on all of them, along with my org
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files and a handful of scripts. Since I'm sure other people have this
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problem as well, I'll share what I'm doing so anyone can learn from
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(or criticise) my solutions.
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</p>
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<div id="outline-container-sec-1" class="outline-2">
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<h2 id="sec-1">Git for configuration and projects</h2>
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<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-1">
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<p>
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I'm a software developer, so keeping things in git just makes sense
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to me. I keep my org files in a privately hosted git repository, and
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<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a> and <a href="http://www.zsh.org/">Zsh</a> configurations in a <a href="https://github.com/correl/dotfiles">public repo on github</a>. My blog is
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also hosted and published on github as well; I like having it cloned
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to all my machines so I can work on drafts wherever I may be.
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</p>
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<p>
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My <a href="https://github.com/correl/dotfiles/blob/master/.zshrc">.zshrc</a> installs <a href="https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh">oh-my-zsh</a> if it isn't installed already, and sets
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up my shell theme, path, and some other environmental things.
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</p>
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<p>
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My <a href="https://github.com/correl/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/emacs.org">Emacs configuration</a> behaves similarly, making use of John
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Wiegley's excellent <a href="https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package">use-package</a> tool to ensure all my packages are
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installed if they're not already there and configured the way I like
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them.
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</p>
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<p>
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All I have to do to get running on a new system is to install git,
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emacs and zsh, clone my repo, symlink the files, and grab a cup of
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tea while everything installs.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div id="outline-container-sec-2" class="outline-2">
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<h2 id="sec-2">Bittorrent sync for personal settings & books</h2>
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<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-2">
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<p>
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For personal configuration that doesn't belong in and/or is too
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sensitive to be in a public repo, I have a folder of dotfiles and
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things that I sync between my machines using <a href="https://www.getsync.com/">Bittorrent Sync</a>. The
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dotfiles are arranged into directories by their purpose:
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</p>
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<pre class="example">
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[correlr@reason:~/dotenv]
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% tree -a -L 2
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├── authinfo
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│ └── .authinfo.gpg
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├── bin
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│ └── .bin
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├── emacs
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│ ├── .bbdb
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│ └── .emacs.local.d
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├── mail
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│ ├── .gnus.el
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│ ├── .signature
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├── README.org
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├── .sync
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│ ├── Archive
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│ ├── ID
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│ ├── IgnoreList
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│ └── StreamsList
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├── tex
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│ └── texmf
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├── xmonad
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│ └── .xmonad
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└── zsh
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└── .zshenv
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</pre>
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<p>
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This folder structure allows my configs to be easily installed using
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<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/">GNU Stow</a> from my <code>dotenv</code> folder:
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</p>
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<pre class="example">
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stow -vvS *
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</pre>
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<p>
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Running that command will, for each file in each of the directories,
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create a symlink to it in my home folder if there isn't a file or
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directory with that name there already.
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</p>
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<p>
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Bittorrent sync also comes in handy for syncing my growing <a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">Calibre</a> ebook
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collection, which outgrew my <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a> account a while back.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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