Clone this repository into a local bare one with
git clone --bare <remote repo> $HOME/.dotfiles.git
then source the .dotfiles
file inside it.
If starting from scratch, define the following alias/function
function dotfiles {
/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$DOTFILES_REPO --work-tree=$HOME $@
}
and then issue
git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles.git
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no