I do a bunch of post-install steps every time I do a fresh install of a distro.  (I like to do a fresh install semi-regularly as a kind of low-key disaster recovery run-through…)

It might be package installations, pulling various config files in from a git remote, restoring documents, changing app settings, etc.

Thinking what’s the best way to automate all that?  I guess probably a shell script should get me pretty far.

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