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From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Guix home migration
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:11:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0vtdtuw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZcX0ruIILkNmh9zFt9mmqrxWja7u_ClXUAMiNrYmsvZmCt3r6akj8sU3pwEy1jsbejdOVlvbyLkDc6A7h0S2d6JHdMyn7manj8Sgf5JBnlw=@protonmail.com> (Ryan Prior's message of "Thu, 12 Jan 2023 05:17:39 +0000")

Hi,

Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com> skribis:

> A free software project to look at for ideas is Mackup: https://github.com/lra/mackup
> Its strategy is unsophisticated: it moves your configuration files to a synchronized directory in Dropbox (or similar) and replaces it with a symlink. But it's got a great migration story: you run `mackup backup' and it scans for config files for hundreds of applications [1] and automatically migrates them.
>
> Whether or not we would want the exact same experience, the overall vision of a single migration command that scans for dotfiles and adds them to your guix home is something we can aspire to.

This is the intent behind ‘guix home import’.  It doesn’t take care of
“everything” at this moment, but at least it ensures users don’t start
with a blank page.

If you have ideas of things that the command should handle as a
priority, you’re welcome to share!

Thanks,
Ludo’.


      reply	other threads:[~2023-01-17 16:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-12  5:17 Guix home migration Ryan Prior
2023-01-17 16:11 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]

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