[ttaylorr]

This seems interesting. I use a Makefile to bootstrap my machine and manage my dotfiles.

I understand the appeal of Ansible, but I think it's more robust features are most useful in more complex environments than a personal laptop. My Makefile seems to do the trick.

[nkristoffersen]

Do you have your makefile on github?

[hermanhermitage]

Looks like this is it:

https://github.com/ttaylorr/dotfiles/blob/work-gh/Makefile

[mi100hael]

Yuck. What's the point of a Makefile if every single rule is phony?

[querulous]

i use a bash script not a makefile, but it's (mostly) idempotent:

https://gist.github.com/talentdeficit/253fd1eaf25cb41e5c24a4...