Comment by analog_daddy

Okay. Here is a pattern i follow everywhere in my init files for almost every program. Define two key env vars. $DOTFILES and $ECORP. The first is path to your personal set of dotfiles. The second is path to your corporate specific dotfiles.

On personal pc no need to define the $ECORP var in shell init. On work pc define that var.

based alone on that you can conditionally do almost anything.

- shell source files/aliases

- vim/editors enable disable plugins based on existence of env vars.

- define shortcuts in file manager.

- and i add the following to my main $DOTFILES .gitignore.

  # Any file that contains the following will be ignored.
  # Used to ignore files in corporate environment
  *ECORP*
  *ecorp*

Based on multiple years across different setups, using environment variables was the most reliable option since I have been in places where there are restrictions on where my init files can be placed and having to change a shit ton of paths in my dotfiles or just keeping a different branch for work and personal (and making sure they stay in sync) was too much of a hassle.

Additionally, maintaining hygiene is essential, where I only use a Read Only PAT token on my personal dotfiles in workenv. That way, there is no accidental way I would be able to push from my workenv.