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Guide: Syncing the repo's files with the local system's files:

Note: I will be changing directories frequently so that the commands are easier to read. Make sure you do the same as well & also change/ create directories depending on your case, duh!

Another note: I will be using soft/ symbolic links; you can use hard links if you wish... just remove the 's' from 'ln -vs'.

The guide can be used for other stuff that are not related to the font configs but in this case I'll be using the fontconfig folder as an example.

Per User Configs

  • Per User configs are all located in the home folder in the repo. [here]

Create a Soft/ Symbolic link for a linked folder in ~/.config/ named fontconfig/ that points to the following folder in the repo: /home/.config/fontconfig/.

cd ~/.config/
ln -vs ~/Documents/GitHub/My-Arch-Dotfiles/home/.config/fontconfig/

Global Config

  • Global configs are all located in the other folder in the repo. [here]

Create a Soft/ Symbolic link for a linked folder in /etc/ named fonts/ that points to the following folder in the repo: /other/etc/fonts/.

cd /etc/
sudo ln -vs ~/Documents/GitHub/My-Arch-Dotfiles/other/etc/fonts/

Then, it is recommended to link a new file in other/etc/fonts/ named local.conf that points to the following folder in the repo: /home/fontconfig/fonts.conf (you can copy this file instead as well but they will not be in sync; meaning, you'll have to edit both files manually. One for per user and another for global).

cd ~/Documents/GitHub/My-Arch-Dotfiles/other/etc/fonts/ sudo ln -vs ~/Documents/GitHub/My-Arch-Dotfiles/home/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf local.conf

Note: The linked file is renamed to local.conf as the fonts.conf file in /etc/fonts/ will get overwritten whenever fonts are updated.