Repercussions to sharing .bashrc across machines with Dropbox?

Posted by Alan Peabody on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Alan Peabody
Published on 2010-12-01T02:34:43Z Indexed on 2011/03/07 16:18 UTC
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I work on a lot of different machines, all running Ubuntu (not always the same version). I have some really basic customizations to my prompt I would like to have available on all machines.

I currently use Dropbox and store all my other "dot files" there, such as my .vim/ .vimrc .gitconfig .ackrc. I then just link them to my home folder from my Dropbox folder. Voilà, all machines in sync.

I am unsure what the repercussions of doing something like this with my bashrc is. Can any one offer suggestions? Maybe an easy way to load a separate file in the bashrc?

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