Pull Before You Push - Using Git to Manage Your Dot Files

Git is one of the simplest and most convenient ways of managing your dot files on any system and, although it is capable of doing some very sophisticated and clever things, basic usage is really simple.

Pulling before you push is just one of the basic things you need to know if you want to ensure that local and remote repos stay in sync. But other than that, three or four commands are all you need to know.

Whether you just want to back up your configuration files on a single machine in the event that you want to do a reinstall at some point, or you perhaps want to replicate your configuration on multiple machines, git is one of the most efficient solutions.

In this video I demonstrate what I do. There are many ways to do this so this is just my method, but whatever method you decide on just give it a spin. I guarantee yopu won't look back.

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