MINimal DOTfiles manager

Mindot is a simple and minimal dotfiles manager that copies the dotfiles in the current directory to share them.

$ mindot --help

Usage: mindot <COMMAND>

Commands:
  add      Add files or directories to the list
  del      Delete files or directories from the list
  backup   Backup the files, copying from the home directory to path
  restore  Restore the files from cwd to the home directory
  list     List the files to back up
  help     Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version

Mindot works by saving the paths to the dotfiles in ~/.config/mindot/files.json and uses backup (to copy them from the home to the directory you specify) or restore (to copy them from the current directory to the home).

Sometimes it has to be executed with sudo, I honestly don't know why.

Example

My use case is:

• add the dotfiles I want to backup using mindot add file1 file2
• use mindot backup <path> to copy them elsewhere and later push them to my github repo
• then, when I need to use them on another machine, I simply clone my repo there and use mindot restore to copy them back.

Installation

Download the latest binaries here.

Build

In order to build this project you have to have Rust istalled on your machine. After that, it's as simple as:

git clone https://github.com/0xfederama/mindot.git
cd mindot
cargo build

Disclaimer

Yes, the files are duplicated, but that's good in some cases, for example when you want to modify them only for sharing.

Please keep in mind that I made this project just to learn Rust, so something may be off or it could be useless to you. Anyway, feel free to reach me if you have code reviews or improvement for the program.