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Setup Dotfile Tracking

Beforehand

  • Setup Git
  • Learn how Git commands work

Setup:

This creates a bare git repo for you to link where your files are

git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles

Creates an alias 'dotfiles' to skip having to write out the full git line over and over

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

Stops untracked files from showing up in your status and searches

dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

Adds the alias to your .zshrc file, recreating it for every shell session.

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

Things to Remember

Need to setup the repo on your account

dotfiles remote add https://github.com/UserName/RepoName.git

And then to push the first time, and set up the generic git push system

dotfiles push --set-upstream origin master

Usage:

Usage is pretty much exactly like using git. All of these commands work exactly the same, but you use dotfiles not git.

dotfiles status
dotfiles add .vimrc
dotfiles commit -m "Add vimrc"
dotfiles add .bashrc
dotfiles commit -m "Add bashrc"
dotfiles push

TODO

New Machine:

alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
echo "alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.zshrc
echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore
git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles
dotfiles checkout
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles