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We've all been there... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I usually use .bak... .old seems so... old.

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[-] _______@poeng.link 9 points 1 year ago

Evolution:

  • config.json
  • config.json.bak
  • config.json.bak.old
  • config.json.bak.old2
  • config.json.bak.old3.stillworks
  • config.json.bak.old3.stillworks.DONTUSETHIS
  • config.json_(redownloaded_from_source)
[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sigh...

git revert HEAD
echo \*.json.\* >> .gitignore
git commit
[-] d_k_bo@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

That's why you put your config files in a git repository

[-] skulbuny@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Sounds like Nixos with extra steps

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What do you mean? My NixOS config files are in a git repository

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

BAK IN MY DAY πŸ‘΅πŸ‘΄

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yep I still add .bak to mine

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm seeing this on oldsh.itjust.works, feels extra meta

https://oldsh.itjust.works/post/19853381

[-] ahal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

An old manager of mine's backup solution was a cronjob that appended .old to every file then made a copy of the most recent one. So he had: file, file.old, file.old.old, file.old.old.old, ...

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Gmail says sending myfile.zip is not allowed.

Change it to myfile.zip.txt and everything is fine.

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

. . . (sigh...)

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Is there a tool to version your configs? I use chezmoi for my dotfiles but that doesn't help system configs

[-] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Etckeeper

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

*~

But you should really have a backup system. And often you should have a version control system too.

[-] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Use etc-keeper, saves everything in a git repo and integrates with a bunch of package managers. Been using it for decades it feels like now.

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