There are currently 2 main-stream methods of managing dotfiles (my current method denoted by *):
- gnu stow *****
- git bare repos
When using this method you need to install stow. You are symlinking the .dotfiles/* into your $HOME.
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.
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>.
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