my dotfiles

This repo is for tracking and storing my dotfiles across multiple devices.

Contents

.
├── .tmux.conf
├── .zshrc
└── .config/
    ├── alacritty/
    ├── fish/
    ├── helix/
    ├── karabiner/
    └── nvim/

How to

init on primary device

mkdir ~/.dotfiles
git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles

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

usage

• create a github repo for storing dotfiles

git remote add origin <github repo>
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

• add and commit files to repo

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

• Git bare repo is not suppose to store anything, but if there is a need to

# add file or folder to repo
alias dotfilesa='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME add'

# remove file or folder from repo
alias dotfilesr='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME rm -r --cached'

• clone to secondary device

git clone --bare <github repo> $HOME/.dotfiles
alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
dotfiles checkout

References

• Medium | How to manage your dotfiles with git
• Hackmd | Git Bare Repo
• Github | config backups between misc machines
• Web | Your unofficial guide to dotfiles on Github