installing custom .dotfiles

[Mehdi-YC]

well , i think it's more complicated to explain,
do we have a solution to put our dotfiles inside to toolbox in creation ?
i use it generally with distrobox and i change my homedir for each container
but i always have a scipt that i run after i start my container to get my dotfiles

and i don't see any obvious solution to have my dotfiles outof the box in the creation , does anyone have an idea ?

[dvogeldev]

This should help you get started. Included in Boxkit is the program Chemoi. This is a dot file manager second to none. Using it, you commit your files/changes to git and apply to any and all of your machines. https://www.chezmoi.io/

Now the biggest question is whether you can automate the updating your dots automatically with the container recipe. Someone else will need to chime in on that.

hope this helps

[Mehdi-YC]

well i managed to do something good i guess , i generally create db_ folder in my home dir and set it as the distrobox home dir , and i have now all my ditfiles in a repo and managed with stow ,

i created a script to clone the repo inside the homedir and stow the .dotfiles
then i copied the script into a permanent location when building the container ,
and i create my distrobox now with this function

dbox () { 
    if [ -d "$HOME/db_$1" ];then
        echo "Distrobox already exists $1 entering $1 ..."
        distrobox enter $1
    else 
        distrobox create -H $HOME/db_$1 $1 -i localhost/db_alpine
        distrobox enter $1 -- set_config
        distrobox enter $1
    fi
}

so now , typing dbox test will create db_test in my home dir and enter it launching the set_config script with this line
distrobox enter $1 -- set_config
and if it exists it enters it

here is my set config script

#!/bin/bash

#get my latest config
cd && git clone https://github.com/mehdi-yc/postinstall
stow -vRd "postinstall/distrobox_builder/" -t $HOME config
cp .bashrc .bash_profile
#pip install howdoi
if [ -x "$(command -v dnf)" ]; then
    sudo dnf copr enable atim/starship -y
    sudo dnf copr enable atim/nushell -y
    sudo dnf install starship nushell -y
fi

you can check my dotfiles