Systems Administration (4/4)

Dotfiles can be handled the same way, where dotfiles are copied from the working directory into ${HOME}, or your dotfiles can actually be symlinks into your working copy, i.e.: : jmglov@laurana; ls -l .xemacs lrwxrwxrwx 1 jmglov jmglov 22 Aug 3 04:25 .xemacs -> dotfiles/trunk/.xemacs
For both config files and dotfiles, you can use the trunk for common files, and make branches for differences among boxen (e.g. my laptop's LCD runs at a different resolution than my desktop's monitor, so I might make branches to hold my two differing versions of /etc/X11/xorg.conf)

Dotfiles can be handled the same way, where dotfiles are copied from the working directory into ${HOME}, or your dotfiles can actually be symlinks into your working copy, i.e.: : jmglov@laurana; ls -l .xemacs lrwxrwxrwx 1 jmglov jmglov 22 Aug 3 04:25 .xemacs -> dotfiles/trunk/.xemacs