Bare Repo

These dotfiles use the bare repo method described in this Atlassian blog post. This has the advantage of not requiring symlinks for all the files, everything is right where they belong. Git commands are accessed through an function (dot in my case) that specifies a different git dir.

Installation:

⚠️ Don't run scripts downloaded from the internet sight unseen! Take a look at the install script and understand what it is going to do before you run it.

To run the installer, paste the following command into a zsh terminal:

eval "$(curl -L https://philtr.dev/dotfiles.zsh)"

If dot::install::checkout fails due to existing files, backup and remove the conflicting files and run dot::install::checkout again (or use dot::install::checkout -f)

Post-installation:

• Set iTerm configuration to load config
  • Open iTerm preferences
  • Check "Load preferences from a user-defined folder or URL"
  • Put in $HOME/.config/iterm2 (replacing $HOME with the full path of the home folder, e.g. /Users/philtr)

Using

Keeping things committed is easy. Simply use the dot command from the home directory to add, commit, and pull changes.