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title: Sharing dotfiles
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date: 2015-04-10 17:47:00
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tags:
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- github
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- git
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- dotfiles
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---
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Today's post is half a quick note, half public shaming. In other words,
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it is a reminder to be very careful with OAuth tokens and passwords.
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As part of moving to emacs, I starting using the incredibly useful
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[gh.el](https://github.com/defunkt/gist.el). When you first use it, the
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extension saves either your password or an OAuth token in your
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.gitconfig file. This is cool and convenient, unless you [happen to be
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publishing your .gitconfig file in a public
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repo](https://github.com/balkian/dotfiles).
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So, how can you still share your gitconfig without sharing your
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password/token with the rest of the world? Since Git 1.7.0, you can
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[include other files in your
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gitconfig](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1557183/is-it-possible-to-include-a-file-in-your-gitconfig).
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```config
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[include]
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path = ~/.gitconfig_secret
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```
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And now, in your .gitconfig_secret file, you just have to add this:
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```config
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[github]
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user = balkian
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token = "< Your secret token >"
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```
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