Configlock, App Lock for Dotfiles

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after the 7th time this week being distracted by my zshrc, nvim config, and different gruvbox variants on ghostty, i made a thing that locks my config files during work hours. even sudo vim won't bypass. no more "just one more tweak" :) ## it works by - setting immutable flags on files - reloading config on SIGHUP signal without restarting the daemon. - watching files with fsnotify and immediately re-locking if changes are detected. - daemon is kept alive by systemctl/launchctl. of course, you can still bypass it somehow, but the goal isn't security, it's to add enough friction that it helps with your self-control. ## Why I built it: it's surprising (or not) how much time i spend on tuning all these configs, without me even noticing. it's too easy to just `cd dotfiles` and make some changes, whenever the tiniest inconvenience appears. this started as a personal hack, but it's been surprisingly effective, so I figured others might relate ## Try it out: - install with `brew install baggiiiie/tap/configlock`. - run `configlock init`. - add files with `configlock add ~/.zshrc`.

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