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Show HN: Configlock, App Lock for Dotfiles

https://github.com/baggiiiie/configlock
1•baggiiiie•1h ago
after the 7th time this week being distracted by my zshrc, nvim config, and different gruvbox variants on ghostty, i made a thing that locks my config files during work hours. even sudo vim won't bypass. no more "just one more tweak" :)

## it works by

- setting immutable flags on files

- reloading config on SIGHUP signal without restarting the daemon.

- watching files with fsnotify and immediately re-locking if changes are detected.

- daemon is kept alive by systemctl/launchctl.

of course, you can still bypass it somehow, but the goal isn't security, it's to add enough friction that it helps with your self-control.

## Why I built it:

it's surprising (or not) how much time i spend on tuning all these configs, without me even noticing. it's too easy to just `cd dotfiles` and make some changes, whenever the tiniest inconvenience appears.

this started as a personal hack, but it's been surprisingly effective, so I figured others might relate

## Try it out:

- install with `brew install baggiiiie/tap/configlock`.

- run `configlock init`.

- add files with `configlock add ~/.zshrc`.

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