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Instead of having the config files scattered across $HOME, I would be better to stick to the convention proposed at https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

We are going to use password-store to manage passwords

It is crucial to have document how to import gpg private/public key in order for the installation to properly work. This is needed because this repository holds secrets that are encrypted/decrypted through gpg

CDPATH permits configuring directories to which look for directories without needing to type full path, we would like to add HOME as the first occurrence to look for.

We would like to create a consistent installation for MacOS machines instead of dockerised machine. This is due to the fact that we work mostly with Apple machines

The .ssh configuration is meant to hold public/private ssh keys in case a machine has to be recovered so that we don't have to issue new keys and update each and every ssh server that we connect