Split ~/.arcrc between machine and user config
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	Arcank
	Dec 8 2015, 10:05 PM

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My setup

As a full-time software developer, I try to keep my setups as much in sync and versioned as possible. To that end, I keep a dotfiles.git repository (see GitHub ❤ ~/ for the many examples of devs keeping things tidy too).

This is were I can host, but also share, my custom setup files: .vimrc, .zshrc, .gitconfig, etc.
When I setup a new machine, I checkout my dotfiles.git repo, make some symlinks and off with it.
I can also try new things, break things, etc. knowing that git has my back and I can revert.

My issue with Arcanist

Arcanist stores its config (like aliases, etc.) in ~/.arcrc. It also stores credentials there. Which means that it is not suitable for backup and versioning by a dotfiles.git.
So my problem is that mixing of local/machine/secret specific data (credentials) and user/sharable configuration data.

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Mentioned Here: T10431: Allow arc alias to read aliases from system configuration file

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Arcank created this task.Dec 8 2015, 10:05 PM

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Do you have a meaningful amount of configuration in your ~/.arcrc?

chad updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 8 2015, 10:40 PM

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I have two aliases that I wish I didn't have to have re-typed today between two of my machines.
I particularly like to be able to set up a new machine without thinking of what I might have missed on the old one.

As a workaround, you might be able to put aliases in /etc/arcconfig (e.g., symlink that to something which is version controlled) and use ~/.arcconfig for credentials only.

This request is not entirely unreasonable, but the very low complexity of most ~/.arcrc files makes it very difficult to prioritize. It would almost certainly take many, many years for users to save enough time copy/pasting aliases to equal the time we'd spend implementing it. We are unlikely to pursue this unless making other changes to the ~/.arcrc format, which we have no current plans to do.

epriestley moved this task from Backlog to Far Future on the Arcanist board.Dec 9 2015, 12:09 AM

Actually, what is the difference between ~/.arcconfig and ~/.arcrc?

After T10431, aliases are also read from system configuration.