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@grasegger - Is using a symbolic link a possibility?

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@TheLocehiliosan But how would I make sure the tracked symlink only gets created on darwin systems?

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1. Choose a central place you want the file to exist. For my example, I'll use $HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc.
2. This file should be added to your dotfiles repo.
3. On the system where you want this file referenced by an system specific path do the following:
   • Create a "fully qualitified" symlink to the file from step 1, in the desired location.
   • ln -s "$HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc" "$HOME/Library/Preferenes/abc"
   • Move that new symlink under the .config/yadm/alt path, and name it using a template that will match the system. https://yadm.io/docs/alternates#
   • mv "$HOME/Library/Preferenes/abc" "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/Library/Preferenes/abc##os.Darwin"
   • Add that symlink to your dotfiles repo
   • yadm add "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/Library/Preferenes/abc##os.Darwin"
   • At this point, yadm should have created a symlink in your desired path, which points to the os.Darwin versions (which in turn points to the central version)
4. Repeat this on the other system
   • ln -s "$HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc" "$HOME/.config/abc/abc.conf"
   • mv "$HOME/.config/abc/abc.conf" "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/.config/abc/abc.conf##os.Linux"
   • yadm add "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/.config/abc/abc.conf##os.Linux"
5. The appropriate symlink will only be created on the systems that match the template you use.

I know this sounds a bit complicated, but the end result would look like this:

.config/yadm/alt/Library/Preferenes/abc##os.Darwin -> $HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc
.config/yadm/alt/.config/abc/abc.conf##os.Linux -> $HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc
.config/yadm/src/abc

Note: it's important to use fully qualitified symlinks on each system, because your different systems may very well have different $HOME paths.

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1. Choose a central place you want the file to exist. For my example, I'll use $HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc.
2. This file should be added to your dotfiles repo.
3. On the system where you want this file referenced by an system specific path do the following:
   • Create a "fully qualitified" symlink to the file from step 1, in the desired location.
   • ln -s "$HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc" "$HOME/Library/Preferenes/abc"
   • Move that new symlink under the .config/yadm/alt path, and name it using a template that will match the system. https://yadm.io/docs/alternates#
   • mv "$HOME/Library/Preferenes/abc" "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/Library/Preferenes/abc##os.Darwin"
   • Add that symlink to your dotfiles repo
   • yadm add "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/Library/Preferenes/abc##os.Darwin"
   • At this point, yadm should have created a symlink in your desired path, which points to the os.Darwin versions (which in turn points to the central version)
4. Repeat this on the other system
   • ln -s "$HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc" "$HOME/.config/abc/abc.conf"
   • mv "$HOME/.config/abc/abc.conf" "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/.config/abc/abc.conf##os.Linux"
   • yadm add "$HOME/.config/yadm/alt/.config/abc/abc.conf##os.Linux"
5. The appropriate symlink will only be created on the systems that match the template you use.

I know this sounds a bit complicated, but the end result would look like this:

.config/yadm/alt/Library/Preferenes/abc##os.Darwin -> $HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc
.config/yadm/alt/.config/abc/abc.conf##os.Linux -> $HOME/.config/yadm/src/abc
.config/yadm/src/abc

Note: it's important to use fully qualitified symlinks on each system, because your different systems may very well have different $HOME paths.

This is brilliant, I kinda forgot about tracking a symlink with git and wouldn't have thought that yadm just treats them like files.

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