SKalt / dot

The start of your dotfiles!

dot

The start of your dotfiles!

Usage

1. read ./dotfiles_init.sh carefully

2. download it with

   target_file="/tmp/dotfiles_init.sh"
   url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SKalt/dot/main/dotfiles_init.sh
   
   curl -Lo "$target_file" "$url"
   # `-L` means follow redirects
   # `-o "$target_file"` where to put the download
   
   # check you're getting what you expected:
   shasum -a 256 "$target_file"
   # should print 70af2e23b654eec050d831e6385c3fcf92cdf2b2102813e13cdbc4f8641f7939  /tmp/dotfiles_init.sh

3. run the setup script with

   chmod +x /tmp/dotfiles_init.sh
   /tmp/dotfiles_init.sh

4. Manage your home directory as a bare git directory, using dotfiles as an alias for git

5. When you want to set up a new machine with your existing dotfiles:

   # make sure you've moved all pre-existing dotfiles to other backup locations.
   # For example, you might`mv ~/.bashrc ~/.bashrc.bak`
   dotfiles_git_dir="${dotfiles_git_dir:-$HOME/.dotfiles.git}"
   git clone --bare "$your_dotfiles_repo" "$dotfiles_git_dir"
   alias dotfiles="git --git-dir=\"$dotfiles_git_dir\" --work-tree=\"$HOME\""
   dotfiles config core.excludesFile "$HOME/.dotfiles/dotfiles_exclude"
   dotfiles checkout