How to publish customizations to Github?

[samvdb]

Hi,

I would like to backup my customizations to github, what is the best way to keep everything working after updates?

For example, I created a custom.conf in ~/.mydotfiles/com.ml4w.dotfiles.stable/.config/kitty

If i create a git repository inside ~/.mydotfiles/com.ml4w.dotfiles.stable/, I would create issues when running this on a new machine.

Can i create my own dotfile config that "inherits" the ml4w dotfile and adds my custom files?

Thanks

[Affanmm]

One way of doing this is:
You install the new update localy and restore your custom configs during update using the dotfiles installer and then push the local configs to the github, manually or via a script.
I think this is the easiest and simplest way of doing this without breaking the system.

[mylinuxforwork]

I will launch very soon a video series about my workflow. This will cover your questions.
In general. You create a GitHub repository, cone it into a Projects folder and create a dev .dotinst file similar to https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/dotfiles/tree/main/dev

Then you can install it with the Dotfiles Installer and sync with enabled dev tools in the Dotfiles Installer.

[samvdb]

Looking very forward to seeing that! I'm afraid that i'm losing track of all the customizations i'm doing at the moment because i don't fully understand the best way to organize it all.

I'll be sure to look into your video series!