Shittp: SSH Tool for Transferring Dotfiles to Remote Machines
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Summary
Shittp is a tool that enables users to bring their dotfiles (configuration files) to remote machines via SSH. It works by packing dotfiles into a tarball, converting to base64, transporting via SSH, and unpacking on the remote machine. The tool updates the HOME environment variable to point to the extracted directory and sources setup scripts. It requires POSIX shell, ssh, tar, base64, and mktemp dependencies, and can be used with both SSH connections and Docker containers.
Key quotes
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Pack: create a tarball of your dotfiles and pipes to base64 string.
Transport: passing the base64 string and setup script as a SSH remote command.
Unpack: on the remote, decodes base64 string and extracts to temp directory.
Init: update HOME environment variable to point to previous extracted directory. Sources setup script and start an
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