redeemefy / dotfiles

@redeemefy's dotfiles

There are many ways one can manage dotfiles, from individual git repos for each app that uses dotfiles,to version control the $HOME directory and .gitignore everything that doesn't need to be versioned, but I decided to do it with a git bare repo. The reason is that I don't need/want to create symlinks for each dotfile back to where the OS is expecting the dotfile to be.

When you setup the bare repo for the first time:

➜ mkdir dotfiles
➜ git init --bare $HOME/dotfiles
➜ vim ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/dotfiles.zsh
// add this alias for current shell
alias dotfiles="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME"
➜ source ~/.zshrc
➜ dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

In order to add ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom to the dotfiles repo, I had to changed $ZSH_CUSTOM variable in ~/.zshrc and move ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom to ~/.config/ohmyzsh.

➜ mv .oh-my-zsh/custom/* .config/ohmyzsh/custom
➜ vim ~/.zshrc
// modify this line
ZSH_CUSTOM=$HOME/.config/ohmyzsh/custom
➜ dotfiles add .zshrc
➜ dotfiles add ~/.config/ohmyzsh/
➜ dotfiles add ~/.config/lvim/
➜ dotfiles commit -m "Add .zshrc ohmyzsh/custom and lvim"
// assuming I already have a dotfiles repo 
➜ dotfiles push origin dotfiles

When cloning your bare repo into new machine:

➜ mkdir $HOME/dotfiles
➜ git clone --bare https://github.com/redeemefy/dotfiles.git $HOME/dotfiles
➜ alias dotfiles=/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME
➜ dotfiles checkout
➜ dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no 

➜ source $HOME/.zshrc