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Create configuration_merge_guide.md #1204

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Provides guidance and suggestions on how to merge configuration file across two or more machines.

Provides guidance and suggestions on how to merge configuration file across two or more machines.
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Looks good too, thanks for this.
Just a few comments to make the doc more clear.


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[applications_to_sync]
<replace_this_line_the_name_of_the_app>
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People might blindly add this to the file, can you specify in the previous bullet point that you are gonna use an application as an example, e.g. bash or whatever?

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## Step 2: Prepare Your Servers to Sync

Now that you've identified which files you have to merge, choose one of the two
approaches below for merging the configuration files. Method 1 has you do all
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Use paragraphs in here, this block of text is heavy. e.g.:

Intro...

Method 1 ...

Method 2 ...

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backs up your application's configuration files so you can readily see what
configuration files Mackup will sync. Make note of these files.

## Step 2: Prepare Your Servers to Sync
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workstations instead of servers?

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### Method 1: Backup/Merge/Push Approach

1. Create a backup of each machine's configuration files for the app you wish
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Not sure I understand each step. Can you illustrate each with an example command line? Same with other methods.

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lra commented Sep 2, 2018

Looks like you've got some markdown errors: https://circleci.com/gh/lra/mackup/2643

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Thanks!

@lra lra merged commit 698be2f into lra:master Sep 2, 2018
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