dotbot
brew install dotbot
v1.24.1
MIT
Tool that bootstraps your dotfiles
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Runtime dependencies
Links
- https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot
- GitHub: anishathalye/dotbot
- Brew formula source: Formula/d/dotbot.rb
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