Why is registry.yaml not synced to git?

[richardwhatever]

For some reason registry.yaml is not pushed to git when i push my updates? Is this deliberate?

[runkids]

Great question! This is a design decision we're reconsidering.

Why it's not synced today: registry.yaml sits alongside config.yaml at ~/.config/skillshare/, while skillshare init --git only initializes a git repo inside the skills/ subdirectory. We originally grouped registry.yaml with config.yaml as "local machine state" — since config.yaml contains machine-specific target paths that shouldn't be shared.

But unlike config.yaml, registry.yaml only stores portable info (skill name, source URL, tracked flag) — no machine-specific paths. So there's no real reason to exclude it from git. Syncing it would actually improve the multi-PC experience, since skillshare update would just work after a git pull without re-installing tracked repos.

We'll look into moving registry.yaml into the skills/ repo in a future release. Thanks for surfacing this — it's a good catch!

[runkids]

Done in v0.18.1! 🎉

registry.yaml has been moved from ~/.config/skillshare/registry.yaml into the source directory at ~/.config/skillshare/skills/registry.yaml. Since skillshare init --git tracks the skills/ directory, registry data is now automatically included in git — so skillshare update works right after a pull on another machine.

Migration is automatic on first run, no manual steps needed. Thanks for surfacing this — it was a great catch!

[richardwhatever]

you're on fire my man!