Hi,
like many Home Assistant users, I initially began with just a few devices and simple automations that I configurated in the UI. As I kept buying new smart devices and my scripts, automations, template sensors etc. also started mushrooming. I soon realized that I was slowly losing track of the contents of my configuration, and it often became difficult to return to older stuff, figure out what it was doing and possibly update it. So I started thinking about a more scalable and sustainable way of managing and documenting HA configuration, and I gradually developed a system that I call “literate configuration”. Details are described in this blog post.
It made my life much easier because
- I have all YAML-intensive parts of the configuration in a Git repo
- related definitions are kept together no matter what their type is
- I can add more extensive documentation beyond what’s practical in descriptions.
My system is heavily based on Emacs Org mode, so I understand it’s not suitable for everybody, but hopefully at least some people might find it useful like I did. I will appreciate any comments and suggestions for improvements.
Cheers, Ladislav
