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