That's why you put your config files in a git repository
Sounds like Nixos with extra steps
What do you mean? My NixOS config files are in a git repository
Even the system files like those in /etc ?
Yes. I use a hacky script to copy them to the right place
BAK IN MY DAY 👵👴
Yep I still add .bak to mine
Evolution:
- config.json
- config.json.bak
- config.json.bak.old
- config.json.bak.old2
- config.json.bak.old3.stillworks
- config.json.bak.old3.stillworks.DONTUSETHIS
- config.json_(redownloaded_from_source)
Sigh...
git revert HEAD echo \*.json.\* >> .gitignore git commit- config.json.almost
- config.json.broken
- config.json.shouldwork
config.conf
config.conf.backup
config.conf.testing
config.conf.old
config.conf.default
config.conf.example
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(sigh...)True story... happens all the time.
Gmail says sending myfile.zip is not allowed.
Change it to myfile.zip.txt and everything is fine.
It may be due to their processing.
Betterbase64 -w 0 myfile.zip > myfile.zip.txtIf it works though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
.bkp_YYYYMMDD for me
Ah, yes, I also add dates sometimes, very helpful 👍.
And then wonder "wtf did I change them 🤔".
Config files need git nowadays.
I'm seeing this on oldsh.itjust.works, feels extra meta
.bak is good, ranger even hides files with it
This is what I've always used as well
Is there a tool to version your configs? I use chezmoi for my dotfiles but that doesn't help system configs
Etckeeper
An old manager of mine's backup solution was a cronjob that appended .old to every file then made a copy of the most recent one. So he had: file, file.old, file.old.old, file.old.old.old, ...
lol 🤣🤣🤣
Fuck it. What's the worst that could happen?
Oh.
I like adding a backup function to .profile that can take a file or list of files as an argument and make a copy with a date suffix on the file name, and same date additional backups just add a character like ~ at the end. It's in version control, but if I'm testing a change it's just faster to restore the file from a copy in the same place.
i so agree. i have a script that copies all file arguments into the directory
.backups/YYYY-mm-DD-HHMM/... handy for risky git operations too.Obligatory note that
/etc/profileand~/.profileare only run by login shells, and many terminal emulators do not execute a login shell by default.Unfortunately, there is no standard secondary place* that all shells execute, so check your chosen shell's manual for what it does run on startup and put your functions into one of those. Preferably one that goes in your homedir.
Alternatively have that file source
~/.profileassuming that won't cause an infinite loop.* And not even a primary if you count
*csh, but if you use those you have other problems.
Use NixOS
People here really hate our distro for some reason. Isn't it just Arch with extra steps (and all the configs in one file)? Everyone likes Arch! The definition of Arch is extra steps!
Bet the world would be a happier place if we had cartoon physics
Lower gravity by 20x, bam, instant cartoon physics.
Acceleration would be 0.50 m/s^2
*~
But you should really have a backup system. And often you should have a version control system too.
Use etc-keeper, saves everything in a git repo and integrates with a bunch of package managers. Been using it for decades it feels like now.
Did this with PAM the other day and nearly locked myself out.
