.dotfiles

Inspiration

This guide assumes the repo is cloned to $HOME/.dotfiles.

Initial setup

git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles
alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

If config alias is not in your .zshrc yet.

echo "alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.zshrc

Add file to vcs

config add .some_dot_file
config commit -m "..."

Set up remote

git remote add origin git@github.com:<user>/<repo>.git
git push -u origin master

Install on new system

Add config alias (for current shell session)

alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'

Prevent recursion issues

echo ".dotfiles" >> $HOME/.gitignore

Then, clone repo

git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles

Check out repo content

config checkout

Configure local repo to hide untracked files

config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no