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I want to keep my ~/.zshrc in a github repo, and since I don't want to make my ~ folder a git repository, I plan to move my ~/.zshrc to a folder called rc and then include source ./rc/.zshrc in my ~/.zshrc file.

I'm wondering if there's any reason to keep everything within the actual ~/.zshrc file instead of moving it to ~/rc/.zshrc

I use an Intel mac, could possibly use the .zshrc on a cloud server with ubuntu, and will probably get a mac with an M chip in the next few years if that's relevant

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I'm wondering if there's any reason to keep everything within the actual ~/.zshrc file instead of moving it to ~/rc/.zshrc.

No, there's no need.

And there are other options as well:

  • Make ~/.zshrc a link to ~/rc/.zshrc.
  • Put ZDOTDIR=~/rc in ~/.zshenv. Then all other zsh initialization files like .zprofile, .zshrc, .zlogin, etc. will read from ~/.rc.
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