yadm – yet another dotfiles manager

yadm is a tool for managing dotfiles.

yadm is like having a version of Git, that only operates on your dotfiles. If you know how to use Git, you already know how to use yadm.

It doesn’t matter if your current directory is another Git-managed repository You don’t have to move your dotfiles, or have them symlinked from another location. yadm automatically inherits all of Git’s features, allowing you to branch, merge, rebase, use submodules, etc.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Based on Git, with full range of Git’s features.
• Supports system-specific alternative files or templated files.
• Encryption of private data using GnuPG, OpenSSL, transcrypt, or git-crypt.
• Customizable initialization (bootstrapping).
• Customizable hooks for before and after any operation.

Website: github.com/yadm-dev/yadm
Support:
Developer: Tim Byrne and others
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

yadm is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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