Dotfiles

There are currently 2 main-stream methods of managing dotfiles (my current method denoted by *):

1. gnu stow *****
2. git bare repos

Stow

When using this method you need to install stow. You are symlinking the .dotfiles/* into your $HOME.

Setup

git clone git@github.com:pitoniak32/.dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
cd $HOME/.dotfiles
stow .

Then just treat $HOME/.dotfiles as a normal git repository. When you make changes to files in the repo, or the linked files in your $HOME, they will be under the version control of the .dotfiles repo.

Bare Repo

OP: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles

When using this method you should avoid checking out worktrees in the .dotfiles bare repo. use cfg in place of git cfg status, cfg add <new config file>.

Setup

git clone --bare git@github.com:pitoniak32/.dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles

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

cfg checkout