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evanpurkhiser / dots

dots

A portable tool for managing a single set of dotfiles in an organized fashion

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

A portable tool for managing a single set of dotfiles in an organized fashion

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-10-21 19:44:09 UTC to 2015-12-12 15:19:30 UTC.

012014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 20142014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 20152015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsDec 2015

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 20142014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 20142014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20142014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20152015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20152015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20152015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20152015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20152015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20152015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20152015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20152015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20152015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20152015-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20152015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

2 sources
lhl·Dec 12, 2015
Earlier this year I was looking for a good way to sensibly manage my dotfiles across multiple machines (with different setups). The closest project I could find that supported something like this was https://github.com/EvanPurkhiser/dots which had a fairly robust way of extending/overriding configs, but I ended up getting a bit hung up (either with deploying or auto-updating, I forget which). Is there anything else out there that deals well w/ multiple machines/types (and across OS X and Linux ideally?)
In Unofficial guide to dotfiles on GitHub
Evan-Purkhiser·Oct 21, 2014
A while back I got very interested in cleaning up my configuration files. I wanted to figure out out a way to store all of the configurations I use across multiple machines into a single repository, while at the same time not having to worry about symlinking and installing configurations for things I don't need on a particular machine. I looked at a lot of different things like Stow and homeshick and the like and really didn't like any of the solutions. So I ended up writing my own tool. I've wanted to write up something for it for awhile now and post it around, but I just haven't yet. Anyway, here's my tool: https://github.com/EvanPurkhiser/dots
In Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles

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