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Modetc: Move your dotfiles from kernel space

36 pointsby todsacerdotitoday at 8:16 AM19 commentsview on HN

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tengwar2today at 11:36 AM

One of the annoyances of Linux is working out where configuration information is, following through multiple layers of indirection and files over-riding other files. This looks like adding another layer, another place to look, and if you're reading the man file for a shell (for example) it probably won't even mention that this could invalidate the information contained in that in the man file.

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yokoprimetoday at 10:57 AM

I struggle to see a valid usecase for this that isn’t handled by symlinks.

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pimlottctoday at 2:19 PM

I didn’t understand what this was from the title. Perhaps a better description would be “mod_rewrite for your homedir”

user3939382today at 1:18 PM

I absolutely love this and have wanted to take the time to build this for years precisely because of dotfiles. Thank you!