On Tue, 2023-04-11 at 09:34 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > cfg-update is a bit crufty, but its main advantage is support for > 3-way merges, which are usually automated. So if you change one line > in the middle of a config file you won't have to manually go through > diffs to re-apply the change every time it is updated. If the section > immediately around the line you edited didn't change, then it will > just accept the upstream changes while maintaining your customization.
Neat. Thanks for the explanation. I might make use of cfg-update from time to time after all. I usually try not to edit any files that are 'managed' by packages, but sometimes it is unavoidable (eg. no thing.conf.d directory support), so I wind up having to either accept the change and then re-edit it, or zap the change and allow the file to get stale as the package is updated, leading back to the first scenario regardless.
