This is a repository containing my various dotfiles. There is a good youtube video by DevInsideYou explaining how to sync these dotfiles using GNU Stow and git across multiple systems. Stow is a symbolic link management utility.
I would recommend cloning the dotfiles repository in your $HOME (~) directory. Then, you can cd ~/dotfiles. From there, there are several basic commands available, outlined below. Note that the -n flag, present in all commands below implements simulation mode and so it will output what it will do instead of modifying the filesystem:
Stow the packages specified in <dir> into the target ~. This will create symlinks for dotfiles from your target directory (~) to their repository versions (thus your system inherits the dotfiles in <dir>):
stow -nvSt ~ <dir>
Unstow the packages specified in <dir> into the target ~. This deletes the symlinks for dotfiles from your target directory (~). The repository versions are still there, however the symlinks are gone, clearing your systems dotfiles which were pointing to the files in <dir>:
stow -nvDt ~ <dir>
Adopt changes from existing dotfiles (use with care!) - moves existing files to dotfiles repo and creates a symlink from their original counterparts to the repository versions.
stow --adopt -nvSt ~ <dir>
See man stow for more details.