dotfiles

Setup

DO NOT CLONE THIS REPO NORMALLY

This is designed as a bare repo, the version control (normally .git) will live in $HOME/.dotfiles and control files in $HOME

Instead:

$ cd $HOME

$ git clone --bare git@github.com:chasms/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles

$ alias dotfiles='`which git` --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'

$ dotfiles checkout

If the last command fails because 'files would be overwritten', stow a backup of the current files and run it again:

$ mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup

$ dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{}

$ dotfiles checkout

Finally:

$ dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

$ source .bash_profile

Configuration

Use the dotfiles command in any working directory to access this repo's git commands

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

The .bash_profile should not require any adjustment, and is configured to load in all files in the .shell_scripts directory

(see the include function in .bash_profile)

Create functions, utilities, and files in the .shell_scripts directory to customize the bash shell

Any files in the .shell_scripts directory that you do not want included in version control should be suffixed with _private

(e.g. .shell_scripts/.bashrc_private, see .gitignore to see/modify configuration)

Set this Up for Yourself

If you would prefer not to use my dotfile configuration but set up the version control with your own dotfiles

$ git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles

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

$ dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

Add the following line to your shell profile (.bash_profile or .bashrc or whatever you use) to make the dotfiles command available in new shells:

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

I recommend adapting the contents of my .gitignore so that you do not accidentally add the entire contents of your home folder to the repo
Setup a remote for your repo, and push your commits up
Now you can use the same instructions as above in Setup, substituting your repo url for mine, to install your new version-controlled dotfiles on your other machines