Redirect "home" Folder on macbook pro

I have a quick question concerning home folder. I have a Macbook Pro and I have the "Home" folder on an external hardrive because my SSD simply is not large enough to hold all my files. Now, I am going to a Macbook Air because I have no use for the power the Pro has and my question is, should I make the "home" folder go back to the Pro before I do an intial erase of the harddrive? Or does this not matter? I will be doing the same on the macbook air in terms of "home" folder going to external drive. My Pro and external are both backed up by Time Capsule as well. Thanks in advance.

should I make the "home" folder go back to the Pro before I do an intial erase of the harddrive?
If you want to transfer data from that machine to the new one in Setup or Migration Assistant, you should first restore it to the configuration you want.

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