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Since I re-image my Linux desktop so often, I have given a great deal of thought to preserving and re-creating my configurations. So I wrote a single bash file to rule them all, sort of. My script, `dot`, creates a tiny CLI Ansible installation, and interactively helps write a short Ansible playbook that defines symlinks, install scripts and Python environments. I download the script and run `./dot --help` to get started. Use `dot check` to review selections, and `dot apply` to ensure localhost is configured with them. Because it uses Ansible under the hood, it doesn't do unecessary work, it provides detailed output, and it creates a file with a full definition of the configuration in a well know standard (which can always be re-used later, even without my script.) If you add `dot` to your own `dotfiles` repository, and organize yours like mine (`files`, `installs` and `reqs`) then `dot` will use find your folders and offer to link your files, run your install scripts, or create your Python environments. https://codeberg.org/EdTheDev/dotfiles/src/branch/main/bin/dot #linux #macos #bash #cli #localhost #config #ansible