Metadot: a dotfile management system
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Inspired by https://github.com/holman/dotfiles

Instalation
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    git clone --recursive git://URL/dotfiles.git .dotfiles

Some configuration files depends on the "scripts" repository to
be cloned at ~/apps/scripts.

Backups of your old files can be put into .dotfiles/backups.

Layout
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- ~/.dotfiles: where all dotfiles plugins are stored
- ~/.backups: backups of old config files
- ~/.custom: your custom configuration where you can override parameters

Module format
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Modules rest at ~/.dotfiles/modules and can be git submodules. File format is:

    [path/]<name>[.dot][.link]

That means:

- files ending with a .link extension are linked at $HOME.
- files with a .dot.link extension are converted to a dotfile: vimrc.dot.link is symlinked as ~/.vimrc
- file structure is preserved: file apps/scripts.link is linked at $HOME/apps/scripts.
- all other files are ignored.

Todo
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- Metadot application to ease symlink and module management.
- Put modules as git submodules.
- Standardize module layout.
- Better integration with scripts project.
- Grab ideas from other projects.