Question

I have multiple linux machine. I want to share my .vimrc, .hgrc. But, there are a little difference between different machines. Is there smart method?

I’m using mercurial.

mkdir settings
ln ~/.vimrc settings/vimrc
ln ~/.hgrc settings/hgrc

then use mercurial to keep settings.
There are a little difference of hgrc file on different machine.
I require to branch merge always.
I’m wonder is there better method?

Answer 1

What I typically do is have a .bashrc, etc. file that is common on all systems, and then I source a local version called .bashrc.local or something like that, that doesn’t get saved in source control with the machine specific settings.

In .bashrc:

. ~/.bashrc.local

In .vimrc

:source ~/.vimrc.local

etc.

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If you want to get fancy you can store your local settings files in source control by using your hostname as a discriminator on the local file name. So instead of .vimrc.local you could do .vimrc.machine1.local, etc.