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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 Prettier
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