Manage out-of-repo files with git
Offworld lets you add files to git that are "not in the repo". Offworld wil reach out and collect the files from the system and push them back if needed.
Offworld is a single python script which is best installed overtop of git. This will allow
offworld to sync the files every time a git command is run. You may use Offworld as an independent tool as well but ymmv.
git clone git@github.com:micahjmartin/Offworld.git
cp Offworld/offworld.py ~/.local/bin/gitgit clone git@github.com:micahjmartin/Offworld.git
cp Offworld/offworld.py ~/.local/bin/offworld
echo "alias git=offworld" >> ~/.bashrcFor any files that you want to track, add them to offworld
git track /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# Now call git commands as normal. Offworld will add and track the files as they are updated
git status
To push repo changes back to the origin directory, run a sync command
git sync
# OR
sudo git sync # CAREFUL WHAT YOU OVERWRITEWhy does offworld exist? I wanted to manage system and local configs in a single repo without having to worry about symlinks, information leakage, or manually copying files around.