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Show HN: Shittp – Volatile Dotfiles over SSH

https://github.com/FOBshippingpoint/shittp
56•sdovan1•1h ago•12 comments

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1038•lukeigel•17h ago•214 comments

Coarse Is Better

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28•_dain_•1h ago•10 comments

Ruby website redesigned

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183•psxuaw•7h ago•53 comments

Backing up Spotify

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1443•vitplister•19h ago•485 comments

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171•spicypete•10h ago•108 comments

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99•SanjayMehta•8h ago•41 comments

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74•lermontov•8h ago•9 comments

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584•pavel_lishin•22h ago•334 comments

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259•1659447091•18h ago•88 comments

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411•todsacerdoti•4d ago•260 comments

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75•jppope•6h ago•20 comments

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264•c0nsumer•20h ago•196 comments

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240•mikece•20h ago•99 comments

I made a network throttle tool controlled by a Chrome extension

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17•walterbell•5d ago•1 comments

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502•_a9•13h ago•92 comments

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297•alphabetting•5d ago•88 comments

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108•anigbrowl•7h ago•236 comments

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67•speckx•5d ago•14 comments

Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning (2011)

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83•atomicnature•5d ago•66 comments
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Show HN: Shittp – Volatile Dotfiles over SSH

https://github.com/FOBshippingpoint/shittp
55•sdovan1•1h ago

Comments

sdovan1•1h ago
I often need to login to colleagues' machines at work, but I find that their settings are not what I am familiar with. So I wrote an SSH wrapper in POSIX shell which tars dotfiles into a base64 string, passes it to SSH, and decodes / setups on the remote temp directory. Automatically remove when session ends.

Supported: .profile, .vimrc, .bashrc, .tmux.conf, etc.

This idea comes from kyrat[1]; passing files via a base64 string is a really cool approach.

[1]: https://github.com/fsquillace/kyrat/

tensegrist•1h ago
time to call the it team at work (on the phone) to ask them to add a new item to the software allowlist
grepfru_it•1h ago
Be careful, this will force your defaults over system defaults possibly overriding compliance or security settings. There are a few places I noticed where well-placed malware could hop in etc.

It’s not bad software, it’s also not mature. I’m currently on a phone and on vacation so this is the extent of my review. Maybe I’ll circle back around with some PRs next week

tensegrist•47m ago
i was merely joking about the name apparently being intended to be pronounced in a rather juvenile manner
Y_Y•1h ago

  tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && rsync -a --exclude='.ssh' user@host:~/.[!.]* "$tmp"/ && HOME="$tmp" exec "$SHELL"
imiric•1h ago
I use something similar.

It's surprising to me how many projects can be replaced with just a line or two of shell script. This project is a slightly more sophisticated shell script that exposes a friendlier UI, but I don't see why it's needed when the alternative is much simpler, considering the target audience.

grepfru_it•33m ago
I think this will copy your 9gb Mozilla cache directory as well? Still one liners like this is all you need lol
simmo9000•1h ago
Just wake up and LOL. Good shit!
twp•34m ago
chezmoi has similar functionality, but it does install a binary on the target machine:

https://www.chezmoi.io/reference/commands/ssh/

thunderbong•30m ago
Is this similar to sshrc?

https://github.com/cdown/sshrc

goku12•25m ago
How about mounting your dotfiles directory (~/.config) or even your entire home directory on the remote system using SSHFS or NFS? I'm sure somebody would have tried it or some project may already exist. Any idea why that isn't as prevalent as copying your dotfiles over?
MKWIX8CXX•14m ago
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