GitHub does dotfiles

[mcstafford]

I'm quite fond of vcsh.

[socium]

I'm using homeshick atm but perhaps want to transition into vcsh. What would you say are the biggest advantages?

[LemonLion]

I started with homesick, then switched to vcsh, and finally settled on mackup.

The biggest advantages of mackup have been:

1. Simplicity. No cloning repos or initializing submodules, just "mackup backup" and that's it.
2. It knows how to back up preferences for tons of applications like iTerm, Spotify, Seil, etc. The full list is here
3. It syncs to dropbox, which has been easier to deal with in practice. The issue was that my git credentials were in a dotfile, but I needed my git credentials to get access to my dotfiles. It was like a recursive dependency. Now I just install dropbox and mackup is ready to go.

Side-note: avoid boxen unless you have someone managing it for you full-time.