dotfiles

My dotfiles collections across different environments.

Sets up a bare repo under ~/.dotfiles directory, which can be managed using a dotfiles command instead of git. Quick and practical way to not have your home folder under git, but still have it ;-)
I use a different branch for different machine configurations. The main branch only contains this README.

Credits for this setup to: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles

Quick guide

Clone a setup on a new machine

git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles --branch <branch-name>
function dotfiles {
   /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
}
# attempt to set up dotfiles
dotfiles checkout
if [ $? = 0 ]; then # if is overwriting some files
  echo "Checked out config.";
else
  # make backup of current dotfiles
  echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
  mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup;
  dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{};
  dotfiles checkout
fi;
dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no

Add a new setup

First, make sure this repo is present on the machine: (If this dotfiles management is already used on the machine, you can skip this part)

git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles
function dotfiles {
   /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
}
dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no

Create a branch for the new setup:

dotfiles checkout -b <branch-name>

Enable difference tracking:

dotfiles config --unset status.showUntrackedFiles

Add any file you modified with:

dotfiles add <filepaths>

Push the branch and changes:

dotfiles push --set-upstream origin <branch-name>