Which version control should I use for my configuration files?
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I want to store some of my configuration files (~/.emacs.d/, .Xdefaults, etc. linux $HOME stuff) in version control so I can easily sync them with my notebook/workplace and see my past changes and revert to them should the need arise. So far it seems to me that there are quite some people using git…
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I haven't done it yet but am thinking about doing something like this using Fossil which is a single executable DVCS that also has a built-in wiki and uses sqlite for storage.
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