Hey guys! Is there a way for me to force apps to treat e.g. $HOME/.config/ as their default directory to look for settings? I want to clear up my home directory because its getting quite messy and I don’t even have that many packages installed yet.

Also, any way that would be easy and efficient for use with git for the purpose of backing up my dotfiles.

Thanks!

  • pruneaue@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Xdg-ninja that was mentioned by other people is probably the best for the main issue.
    For the git stuff, look into bare git repos. Iirc distrotube has a good video explaining the concept

    • promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyiOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I decided to go with chezmoi because of its simplicity and multi-machine design from the get-go. It seems the best option for me atm