Add script to install the files

[Tina-otoge]

Add a script in the repository to interactively install the configuration files per group.

This should significantly improves deployment time.

(optional) Include a short documentation of what each group affects when asking to install them, so the user does not have to read the configuration files to know what they do.

Languages to use

• Bash or POSIX shell

Features wanted

• Possibility to either use cp or ln:
  • symlinks make it possible to easily update files using source control. However they are harder to maintain when moving repositories and harder to understand for UNIX beginners. Usually requires making a fork to properly modify files while still being able to merge upstream changes efficiently.
  • copying doesn't allow updating files with newer versions, however not depending on a repository makes it trivial to make changes to the files. Better if the user want to use this repository as a starting point but does not care about eventual updates.

[deadbaed]

ln is much better than cp imo, it takes so much time to update the config files with having to copy them everytime.

maybe use ln and tell people to put cp instead if they want to make their own configs?

[Tina-otoge]

As I described the difference between the two, if you symlink the files from this repo and do modifications, and then want to update the repo without overwriting your local changes (ie. you are not me and modified a file not stored in one of the "custom" scripts), copying makes more sense.

Because if you symlinked from the repo, you won't be able to pull after modifying, that's why I said: make an option available to use either ln or cp rather than forcing one over the other

[deadbaed]

well in this case you can just make a new branch and push it to another remote