Dotfiles

About dotfiles:

• Best way to store dot files: How to store dotfiles

• GitHub does dotfiles - dotfiles.github.io

• Super simple dotfiles setup: zwbetz-gh/dotfiles

Get latest release from GitHub / latest version

• Shell - Get latest release from GitHub
• One Liner to Download the Latest Release from Github Repo
• Linking to releases - GitHub Help

If you need the latest version of Gist follow the described URL pattern: permalink to the latest version of gist

Properly install Golang

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sudo apt install -y golang
go env

but sometimes you will need the latest version, that can be also done easily as, for Ubuntu, is officially described here

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:longsleep/golang-backports
sudo apt update
sudo apt install golang

Tool: jq is like sed for JSON data

Install JQ simply by typing:

sudo apt install -y jq

On Windows it’s easy as: scoop install jq

GitHub does dotfiles - dotfiles.github.io