Backups And Restore

Backup Location

The bootstrap moves existing config files and folders to:

~/.config/dotfiles-backups/<timestamp>/

Example:

~/.config/dotfiles-backups/20260710-154500/.config/nvim
~/.config/dotfiles-backups/20260710-154500/.tmux.conf
~/.config/dotfiles-backups/20260710-154500/.local/bin/tmux-dev
~/.config/dotfiles-backups/20260710-154500/.zshrc

Restore A Backup

Remove the symlink and move the backup back:

rm ~/.config/nvim
mv ~/.config/dotfiles-backups/<timestamp>/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim

Use the same pattern for wezterm.

For tmux, restore the config file directly:

rm ~/.tmux.conf
mv ~/.config/dotfiles-backups/<timestamp>/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf

If a tmux layout command was backed up, restore it the same way:

rm ~/.local/bin/tmux-dev
mv ~/.config/dotfiles-backups/<timestamp>/.local/bin/tmux-dev ~/.local/bin/tmux-dev

For zsh, restore the shell config directly:

rm ~/.zshrc
mv ~/.config/dotfiles-backups/<timestamp>/.zshrc ~/.zshrc

Reinstall After Restore

cd ~/.config/dotfiles
bin/dotfiles-install nvim