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.
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//Aho
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