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  tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && rsync -a --exclude='.ssh' user@host:~/.[!.]* "$tmp"/ && HOME="$tmp" exec "$SHELL"

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I think this will copy your 9gb Mozilla cache directory as well? Still one liners like this is all you need lol

Any sufficiently-advanced automated rsync would have a filter for caches.

Except only ssh is filtered. Just commenting on what I see, not what should be

For sure, you need to exclude whatever "dotfiles" you don't want copied (or explicitly copy the ones you want), particularly caches and other giant hidden things.

What I mean is an .rsync-filter with ‘H Cache/‘ or some lines of patterns to exclude. You’ll need to run with -F every time. On the sending side, a recent tar will accept —-exclude-caches if you can be diligent about creating CACHEDIR.TAG.

My mozilla cache would be under ~/.mozilla/firefox. Is the nightly version moving to ~/.config?

Reason I say would be is that I disable disk cache among other things performed by Arkenfox [1]

[1] - https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js

What does config have to do with the one liner?

Prevents some data from ending up in ~/.mozilla. We dont sync what does not exist.

My guy, the one liner as written copies all dot files. Mozilla included

My guy, the one liner as written copies all dot files. Mozilla included

Exactly why I apply Sun Tzu methodology.

ψ ︿_____︿_ψ_

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Yes, Firefox 147 will respect XDG dirs.

I use something similar.

It's surprising to me how many projects can be replaced with just a line or two of shell script. This project is a slightly more sophisticated shell script that exposes a friendlier UI, but I don't see why it's needed when the alternative is much simpler, considering the target audience.

I do the same, but I skip rsync for git.

    git clone $uri dotfiles; export HOME=$(pwd)/dotfiles

These days, my laptop acts as a dumb SSH gateway for Linux VMs. No configuration or setup, aside from VS code connecting to VMs. Any server that I would want to load my dotfiles onto will almost always have git installed.

Rant (not directed at any comment here): If it's a production server without git, then please do not run scripts like this. Do not create junk directories on (or ideally any modifications to) secure machines. It inevitably causes new and uninteresting puzzles for your colleagues. Create documented workflows for incident responses or inspection.

Overriding HOME variable is neat! Make things much easier.

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