.dotfiles

This repo contains various config files. It follows the methodology describe by StreakyCobra over on Hacker News.

Initial setup

1. Initialize a bare git repo with name .dotfiles

git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles

2. Add command alias to .aliases

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

3. Make git only show tracked files (untracked files can still be viewed with git status -u)

dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

4. Adding this repository as upstream

dotfiles remote add origin https://github.com/PossessedC0bra/.dotfiles.git

5. Creating main branch

git checkout main

Usage

Because the dotfiles command is simply an alias to the git command with default values we can simplt use it in place of the git command.

Examples

dotfiles status
dotfiles add .zshrc
dotfiles commit -m "feat: add .zshrc"
dotfiles push

Setup on a new computer

1. Cloning this repository

git clone --bare https://github.com/PossessedC0bra/.dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles

2. Defining dotfiles alias in current shell for convenience

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

3. Checking out this repository

dotfiles checkout