In this Hasty Treat (Short episode) Scott and Wes discuss dot files, what they are, how to use and manage them as well as best practices and more.

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Show Notes

3:15 - What is a dot file?

• Access tokens
• Settings for editors, etc.

4:40 - Dot file examples

• .gitignore
• .gitkeep
• .rc
  • .babelrc
  • .bashrc
  • .eslintrc
• .env
• .DS_Store
• .editorconfig
• .meteorignore

23:46 - How to keep your dot files in sync

Hot Tip

• In MacOS, toggle dot files with “Shift + Cmd + .”

Links

Wes’ dot files repo
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