briefcase

A repository for tracking dotfiles and other pieces of system configuration.

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this... A dotfile briefcase for a travel salesman.

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Installation

First, clone the bare repository into home:

git clone --bare git@github.com:arthur-sebastian/briefcase $HOME/.briefcase

Then checkout its contents:

git --git-dir=$HOME/.briefcase --work-tree=$HOME checkout

Finally, run the included setup script to finalize the installation:

chmod +x $HOME/.briefcase-utils/setup.sh && $HOME/.briefcase-utils/setup.sh

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Usage

To use version control with your dotfiles use the 'cfg' command alias inside the home directory, like so:

cfg add ~/.config/nvim/
cfg commit
cfg push origin main

This alias appends required flags to 'git' command, so that it can work with the bare repository.