Install on a new system

1. Add alias to bashrc/zshrc

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

2. Clone the repo

git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles

3. Define the alias in the current shell scope:

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

4. Checkout the actual content from the bare repository to your $HOME:

config checkout

The step above might fail with a message like:

error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout:
.bashrc
.gitignore

Please move or remove them before you can switch branches. Re-run the check out if you had problems

config checkout

5. Set the flag showUntrackedFiles to no on this specific (local) repository:

config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

You're done, from now on you can now type config commands to add and update your dotfiles!