使用 Homebrew 安装 shallow-backup

项目链接

• 主页
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• shallow-backup

项目历史

Aaron Lichtman created shallow-backup to copy dotfiles from their original locations, record installed packages and applications, and support idempotent restoration without requiring a symlink-based dotfile layout.

Later releases added configuration-driven ignore rules and secret-scanning safeguards for Git-backed backups.

采用历史

The project is distributed through Homebrew and is also installable through pipx or directly from source.

使用方式

Users can interactively or selectively back up and restore dotfiles, application settings, fonts, and package inventories. Backups can be committed and pushed to a remote Git repository.

Because backed-up configuration may contain API keys or SSH material, users should inspect the generated repository before publishing it. The project excludes sensitive paths by default and runs secret scanning.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

shallow-backup treats package inventories and dotfiles as reproducible machine state. This makes it useful to package enthusiasts who routinely rebuild workstations or synchronize development environments.

时间线

• v4.0: Git ignore rules moved into the main configuration format.
• v5.2: The project introduced default configuration permissions and warnings about writable configuration files.
• v6.2: TruffleHog became a required pre-commit secret scan.

Related projects

• Its workflow overlaps with dotfile managers and package inventory tools, while emphasizing a single Git-integrated backup and restoration process.

来源

• https://github.com/alichtman/shallow-backup#readme
• source_facts.package-manager