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Ask HN: Resources for finding dotfiles and config files

by eindiran on 2/27/24, 10:17 PM with 2 comments

Occasionally I want to pick up a new tool or alter my config for an existing one and typically need to read the docs to build a config myself or find examples piecemeal. Is there a resource out there with example dotfiles/config files for at least common tools that people upload?

  • by petercooper on 2/28/24, 11:15 AM

    A couple of ideas:

    1) Use GitHub code search to find those files. A lot of people store them in GitHub repos.

    2) https://reddit.com/r/unixporn – it's very common to share dot files against submissions, though they do tend to be by the more creative types.