I would like to backup some KDE settings but don’t really know which files to copy from .config

Searching for their names in github.com/KDE has given me some idea about their purposes but I couldn’t find any comments or documentation there either.

  • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    A trick you can do to find out individual settings files, is:

    1. In your ~/.config folder, run git init.
    2. git add .
    3. git commit -m "Initial commit"
    4. Change a setting in the GUI.
    5. Run git status or git diff to see which file got changed.

    You can then run git restore . and repeat from step 4.

    If you’re done checking settings, just delete ~/.config/.git/.

    • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
      5·
      1 day ago

      Or do something like this, which is simpler, easier on your SSD, and doesn’t require installing git:

      find ~/.config -mmin -3

      That finds files under the .config directory that were modified less than 3 minutes ago.

      • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        15 hours ago

        Ah, neat. I had to come up with my trick, because I wanted to know specifically which line changed to what. That’s pretty easy to see with git diff then. But yeah, if you just want to know which files changed, that’s certainly saner. 🙃

      • notanapple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        thanks thats really useful! its amazing how much utility the linux shell has

        (thanks both of you)

        • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
          3·
          1 day ago

          You’re welcome.

          BTW, commands like these predate Linux. You’ll find them on BSD, macOS, Solaris, and practically every other OS with a Unix heritage.

          Edit: You might find this video (or at least the segment I’ll link) interesting.

          https://youtu.be/tc4ROCJYbm0?t=297