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by ComputerGuru 2430 days ago
> I would strongly recommend keeping the typing to a bare minimum

Agreed.

> and do all your work inside a well tested script

At a minimum, with `set -ex` at the top. But I've stopped using (ba|fi||t?c)?sh scripts and switched to standard Makefiles for all my deployments. It requires changing the way you would normally code/script actions or interactions, but you get deterministic results.

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Oh... This Makefiles stuff is interesting... mind to share a little more about it (or maybe some links)

I'm a script junkie... So it may be really useful for me to learn about this! =)