Getting into Dotfile Provisioning

readme.md

What?

You may have heard of dotfiles and a dotfile repo.

• dotfiles: the various folders and files in your home folder used to configure the various applications and tools you use
• dotfile repo: a git repo where you back these up.

But I'm here to show you something a bit better.

Comtrya

curl -fsSL https://get.comtrya.dev | VERSION=v0.9.2  sh

(probably stick to a particular version unless you're willing to put up with breaking changes by always using latest)

Why ?

Because:

• recovering from failure as quickly as possible is great.
• repeating your customisations on various workstations as quickly as possible is also... amazing.

Automate all the boring things.

myprofile.comtrya

where: os.name == "linux"

# https://comtrya.dev/actions.html
actions:

# https://comtrya.dev/files-and-directories.html#filecopy
- action: file.copy
  from: bashrc
  to: "{{ user.config_dir }}/.bashrc

# https://comtrya.dev/packages.html#packageinstall
- action: package.install
  name: curl

- action: package.install
  list:
  - wget
  - htop

# https://comtrya.dev/binary.html#binarygithub
- action: binary.github
  name: ubi
  directory: /usr/local/bin
  repository: houseabsolute/ubi
  version: v0.6.1
  
- action: binary.github
  name: ubi
  directory: /usr/local/bin
  repository: DavidoTek/ProtonUp-Qt
  version: v2.12.0