   scp my-precious-dotfiles remote:~
   trap 'ssh remote rm my-precious-dotfiles' EXIT
   ssh remote

Or you can even bake the trap into the remote bash's invocation, although that'd be a bit harder.

▲ stephenlf 5 hours ago | parent [-]

That overwrites the remote dotfiles. Any workarounds?

	▲	zeech 24 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I've found lnk [0] to be a nice tool for this. Similar to GNU Stow as another comment mentioned, but plays a bit nicer with git (and, in my opinion, is nicer to use). Edit: just remembered there was a good comparison of lnk and stow on the HN discussion of lnk from a few months back [1]. [0] https://github.com/yarlson/lnk [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44080514
	▲	rzzzt 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		GNU Stow? https://systemcrafters.net/managing-your-dotfiles/using-gnu-... Keep the alternate sets in different subdirectories.