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| author | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-05-06 09:42:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-05-06 09:42:55 +0200 |
| commit | 78742f69a5080fe0bdab7dac61400028ee107a37 (patch) | |
| tree | 40e544b0cf37c25c323b49a6eecec585d977b2ea /README.md | |
| parent | 1076091203f9387385e663ad19c7ea3648650bec (diff) | |
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Bootstrap config dirs on first run with setup message
Script now creates ~/.config/dot-backup/ and ~/.local/share/dot-backup/
on first run and prints a summary with next steps. README updated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -34,7 +34,20 @@ cd dots-backup ./dot-backup.sh ``` -On first run the script creates `~/Programming/GIT/my-dotfiles` and initializes a git repo inside it. Add a remote so you can push: +On first run the script: + +1. Creates `~/.config/dot-backup/` and `~/.local/share/dot-backup/` and prints a short setup summary +2. Creates `~/Programming/GIT/my-dotfiles/{home,system}` and initializes a git repo inside it +3. Runs the backup immediately using built-in defaults + +Optionally set up a config file and custom files list (script will tell you the exact paths): + +```bash +cp config.example ~/.config/dot-backup/config +touch ~/.config/dot-backup/files.list +``` + +Add a remote to the backup repo so you can push: ```bash cd ~/Programming/GIT/my-dotfiles @@ -96,7 +109,6 @@ System files (absolute paths like `/etc/bash_completion.d`) may need `sudo`. Copy `config.example` to `~/.config/dot-backup/config` and edit: ```bash -mkdir -p ~/.config/dot-backup cp config.example ~/.config/dot-backup/config ``` |