The latest articles on DEV Community by Omar Ali Khan (@omaralikhn). https://dev.to/omaralikhn https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3881631%2F16d608d9-c735-48d0-b18f-ed3f6dad28ac.png https://dev.to/omaralikhn en Omar Ali Khan Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:56:10 +0000 https://dev.to/omaralikhn/git-version-control-your-claude-skills-and-setup-dotfiles-1jpm https://dev.to/omaralikhn/git-version-control-your-claude-skills-and-setup-dotfiles-1jpm <p>I started doing this a while back and thought it was super useful.</p> <p><code>claude-code</code> saves all skills, agents, commands as text files in <code>~/claude</code> and so they're super git-friendly.</p> <p>tl;dr:</p> <ol> <li>save your <code>~/.claude</code> dir to git</li> <li>push/pull it from multiple machines</li> <li>be able to git blame and revert skills and more</li> </ol> <p>Nothing revolutionary but very rewarding.</p> <p>I've included a fleshed out <code>.gitignore</code> file for anyone interested as well as a breakdown of the <code>~/.claude</code> dir.</p> <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__content"> <div class="c-embed__cover"> <a href="https://breaking-changes.blog/treat-your-claude-code-setup-like-a-dev-project/" class="c-link align-middle" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img alt="" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1606625000171-fa7d471da28c%3Fcrop%3Dentropy%26cs%3Dtinysrgb%26fit%3Dmax%26fm%3Djpg%26ixid%3DM3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDE2fHxsYXB0b3BzfGVufDB8fHx8MTc3NjMxMTkxMHww%26ixlib%3Drb-4.1.0%26q%3D80%26w%3D2000" height="1333" class="m-0" width="2000"> </a> </div> <div class="c-embed__body"> <h2 class="fs-xl lh-tight"> <a href="https://breaking-changes.blog/treat-your-claude-code-setup-like-a-dev-project/" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link"> Treat your Claude Code setup like a dev project </a> </h2> <div class="color-secondary fs-s flex items-center"> <img alt="favicon" class="c-embed__favicon m-0 mr-2 radius-0" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fbreaking-changes.blog%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2Fsize%2Fw256h256%2Fformat%2Fpng%2F2026%2F04%2Flogo-6.svg" width="256" height="256"> breaking-changes.blog </div> </div> </div> </div> ai productivity tooling claude