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    From alex@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 1 15:14:00 2022
    https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/dotfiles-what-is-a-dot-file-and-how-to-create-it-in-mac-and-linux/

    "Many computer software programs store their configuration settings in
    plain, text-based files or directories.

    Dotfiles are configuration files for various programs, and they help
    those programs manage their functionality.

    What sets them apart from regular files and directories is their prefix.

    Dotfiles are named that way because each file and directory starts with
    a dot (.)"

    But then why don't files like composer.json, Dockerfile,
    phpdoc.dist.xml, phpunit.xml.dist, etc, do not follow this convention?
    Because they don't start with a dot (.composer.json, .Dockerfile, etc)?

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  • From Lew Pitcher@21:1/5 to alex on Fri Apr 1 13:37:20 2022
    On Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:14:00 +0200, alex wrote:

    https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/dotfiles-what-is-a-dot-file-and-how-to-create-it-in-mac-and-linux/

    "Many computer software programs store their configuration settings in
    plain, text-based files or directories.

    Dotfiles are configuration files for various programs, and they help
    those programs manage their functionality.

    What sets them apart from regular files and directories is their prefix.

    Dotfiles are named that way because each file and directory starts with
    a dot (.)"

    But then why don't files like composer.json, Dockerfile,
    phpdoc.dist.xml, phpunit.xml.dist, etc, do not follow this convention? Because they don't start with a dot (.composer.json, .Dockerfile, etc)?

    What that article neglects to mention (or, at least, neglects to stress) system-wide configuration files /are not/ stored as dotfiles, or as files
    under a dot-directory, but are, instead, stored as regularly-named files
    (in regularly-named directories) under a system-owned directory.

    The convention is that only /personal, per-user/ configuration files
    are stored as dotfiles, or files under a dot-directory in the user's home directory.

    HTH
    --
    Lew Pitcher
    "In Skills, We Trust"

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  • From J.O. Aho@21:1/5 to alex on Fri Apr 1 16:06:18 2022
    On 01/04/2022 15.14, alex wrote:
    https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/dotfiles-what-is-a-dot-file-and-how-to-create-it-in-mac-and-linux/


    "Many computer software programs store their configuration settings in
    plain, text-based files or directories.

    Dotfiles are configuration files for various programs, and they help
    those programs manage their functionality.

    What sets them apart from regular files and directories is their prefix.

    Dotfiles are named that way because each file and directory starts with
    a dot (.)"

    But then why don't files like composer.json, Dockerfile,
    phpdoc.dist.xml, phpunit.xml.dist, etc, do not follow this convention? Because they don't start with a dot (.composer.json, .Dockerfile, etc)?

    Files starting on a full stop/dot are by default "hidden" files when it
    comes to unix and unix like operating systems.

    When you run "ls ~/" you will not see your configuration files, but if
    you want to see them you can run "ls -a ~/". The configuration files are
    hidden so that you won't have a lot of difficulties to find those files
    that ain't your configurations files. These configuration files are the
    ones you want to always use each time you run the application they
    belongs to.

    You use a hidden config when you kind of only once configure the
    application and want to use the same config every time.

    You use a visible config when you need to use different configurations
    every time you run the application.

    --

    //Aho

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  • From Lew Pitcher@21:1/5 to alex on Fri Apr 1 15:36:54 2022
    On Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:19:30 +0200, alex wrote:

    Il 01/04/22 16:06, J.O. Aho ha scritto:
    The configuration files are hidden so that you won't have a lot of
    difficulties to find those files that ain't your configurations files.

    ????

    In my home directory
    11:33 $ pwd
    /home/lpitcher

    I have 66 of my own files and directories
    11:33 $ ls -d ./* | wc -l
    66

    and 166 dotfiles and dot-directories
    11:33 $ ls -d ./.* | wc -l
    166

    or roughly 2 1/2 times more dotfiles/directories than
    personal files/directories. That's a lot of configuration
    files that I normally wouldn't care about, and would
    confuse a directory listing, should I be looking for one
    of my files.

    --
    Lew Pitcher
    "In Skills, We Trust"

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  • From alex@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 1 18:01:56 2022
    Il 01/04/22 16:06, J.O. Aho ha scritto:

    You use a visible config when you need to use different configurations
    every time you run the application.


    Mmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhh

    https://laravel-italia.it/articoli/test-test-test-configurare-travis-ci-per-un-progetto-laravel/
    "Dovremo aggiungere, al nostro progetto, un file .travis.yml, che
    conterrà queste istruzioni in formato Yaml."

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17049416/what-is-the-idea-folder/62564447#62564447

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  • From alex@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 1 17:19:30 2022
    Il 01/04/22 16:06, J.O. Aho ha scritto:
    The configuration files are hidden so that you won't have a lot of difficulties to find those files that ain't your configurations files.

    ????

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  • From J.O. Aho@21:1/5 to alex on Sat Apr 2 10:41:16 2022
    On 01/04/2022 17.19, alex wrote:
    Il 01/04/22 16:06, J.O. Aho ha scritto:
    The configuration files are hidden so that you won't have a lot of
    difficulties to find those files that ain't your configurations files.

    ????

    Say you have 1000 configuration files in your ~/ and then 5 normal
    files, if you see 1005 files, it's more difficult to find the 5 normal
    files among all the files.

    --

    //Aho

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  • From alex@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 2 10:57:06 2022
    Il 02/04/22 10:41, J.O. Aho ha scritto:

    Say you have 1000 configuration files in your ~/ and then 5 normal
    files, if you see 1005 files, it's more difficult to find the 5 normal
    files among all the files.

    OK ;)

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