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"value": "\n <p>A few days ago, I said it's been 8 years since I started my dotfiles repository and kept my configuration files in version control.<\/p>\n\n<p>But why do this?<\/p>\n\n<p>It makes it easy to share the same configuration across multiple computers, such as personal and work or different setups for clients.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's also a backup of my configuration. If I need to reinstall my system or start fresh, I don't need to configure everything again manually.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you work on a team, you can share your configuration with colleagues, find things that work well for the team, and anything that could cause issues.<\/p>\n\n<p>I can experiment with settings and programs and then revert them again if I want to.<\/p>\n\n<p>If I add or remove a program or change a setting, I have the Git commit log to refer to, and I can document why I made that change and what problem it solves in the message body.<\/p>\n\n<p>I can review it in the future in case I need it again or want to re-evaluate it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Like on other projects, capturing the why is important. The what can be seen in the diff and speaks for itself, but it doesn't explain why I made the change and won't help if I look at that commit in the future.<\/p>\n\n ",
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