# Dotfiles Are Meant to Be Forked

DevFeed: [Dotfiles Are Meant to Be Forked](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dotfiles-are-meant-to-be-forked-37703.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/dotfiles-are-meant-to-be-forked/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [dotfiles](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dotfiles.md>), [Zsh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zsh.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scripting.md>), [Bash](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bash.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting.md>), [shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell.md>), [zsh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zsh.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes reorganizing personal Bash and Zsh dotfiles after finding an overly large, machine-specific configuration difficult to share. The resulting dotfiles are adapted from existing projects, intended to work on Linux and macOS, and include straightforward installation and contribution guidance.

## Source excerpt

My desktop