• can specification where to backup the config files
• backup current file and directory as list in configurations
• convention over setting
• link file to destination position link files in special directory to destination

• /a/b/c absolute path file will be backup to _a-b/c
• ~/.xx/yy directory in user home will be backup to ~+xx/yy
• ~/xx/yy/zz directory in user home will be backup to ~xx-yy/zz
• ~/.xx file will backup to xx.symlink
• ~/.xx directory will backup to ~+xx.symlink

• every xx.symlink file will soft link into ~ directory
• every ~+xx.symlink directory will soft link into ~ directory
• every ~xx.symlink directory will soft link into ~ directory
• every file and directory in directory with ~ prefix but not suffix with + will link to ~ directory
• every file and directory in directory with _ prefix will link to absolute path

1. clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/alex-1q84/my-configs.git

2. set where you want to back up your config files in the config.json, eg.

"backup_dir": "~/Dropbox/configs/"

3. list all the files and directories in the config.json, eg.

  "paths": [
    "/usr/local/etc/shadowsocks-libev.json",
    "~/.gitconfig",
    "~/.config/fish",
    "~/.vimrc"
  ]

the final config.json file should look like as follows

{
  "backup_dir": "~/Dropbox/configs/",
  "paths": [
    "/usr/local/etc/shadowsocks-libev.json",
    "~/.gitconfig",
    "~/.config/fish",
    "~/.vimrc"
  ]
}

5. run the my_configs.py script and you config files and directories will be backed up and linked back to original path

python3 my_configs.py