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Created Jan 25, 2021 by KitchM@KitchM0 of 4 tasks completed0/4 tasks

Improve the documentation of the Dotfiles feature

The documentation shows that the dotfiles are located in /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles, and is readily found thru the Files program.

With that said, we are left with a question about how to use it. As an example, if a program is installed and it creates a .myprogram directory under Home, does a person just copy that directory (with all its files and sub-directories to /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles?

If a person gets that program to install automatically at start up, will it overwrite its existing data each time?

Based on the feedback provided on this issue, we should:

  • Clarify that the files are linked using Linux symbolic links.
  • Clarify that the shortcut is in the left pane of the Files browser.
  • Clarify that this feature only symlinks files but doesn't make an entire folder Persistent.
    • For that people can use /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf but this is not document anywhere so far. It also looks a bit scary.
    • For example, I have /home/amnesia/org source=org in my persistence.conf to persist all my org-mode files.
  • Rephrase "Symlink into $HOME every file or directory found in the `dotfiles' directory" as "Symlink every file in the Dotfiles folder into the Home folder." as per https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/Persistent-Storage-redesign.
Edited Mar 08, 2021 by sajolida
To upload designs, you'll need to enable LFS and have an admin enable hashed storage. More information
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