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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