Workbench VS yadm

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yadm mentions (50)

• Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?

  Everyone hand-rolls their own dotfile management system, but YADM already does everything you need: https://yadm.io/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• System settings that aren’t in System Settings

  I wonder if the program I use to manage my dotfiles could help manage your scripts and extend your setup to all your desktops? Its called yadm (https://yadm.io/) it makes it so easy to have a laptop and a desktop or two. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• The right way to keep config files synced across devices?

  I really like that one but still prefer yadm because you can just edit your files as usual and then yadm add them wherever you are. Source: 11 months ago

• Just got a new M2 Pro after my 2016 became outdated. What are your first steps to setting up a new computer?

  If you haven’t already, this is the time to install a tool like yadm and get your computer configuration into version control. Your command-line tools can be managed by yadm directly, your system settings can mostly be managed with a yadm bootstrap script that runs things like defaults write, and the software you install can be managed with a Brewfile that the yadm bootstrap script uses to install software with... Source: about 1 year ago

• System 76 Linux script to set up a new PC including the personal profile and prefered software installs

  I personally use YADM. It's basically a git repo on my home folder, that only tracks what I explicitly set. And you can setup bootstraps to do what you said, install a bunch of stuff or make custom changes. In it's essence, it's a set of bash/sh files that are executed sequentially when you launch the yadm bootstrap command. Source: about 1 year ago