auto installation

fetch script then source it to bootstrap dotfile management

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeroendv/dotfiles/master/.bootstrapDotFiles.sh 
. bootstrapDotFiles.sh

manual installation

clone the bare dotfiles repo

cd ~
git clone --bare https://github.com/jeroendv/dotfiles.git .dotfiles

reset to master branch without changing the working copy

git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME reset --mixed

make the g script executable such that ./g can be used in the home folder to manage the dotfiles repo

chmod u+x g

don't list untracked files in the status of my dotfiles repo

./g  config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

list local differences with managed dotfiles.

./g status