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Welcome to the .dotfiles wiki!\ Welcome to the .dotfiles wiki!\
This Repo is currently set up following a [tutorial](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles) inspired by a [Hacker News post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070797) . This Repo is currently set up following a [tutorial](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles) inspired by a [Hacker News post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070797) .
# Setup
This technique simply uses a bare git repository (in this case located in `~/.dotfiles`).\
A `dotfiles` alias can then be added to your respective terminalrc (e.g. `.bashrc`) for ease of use.
# Cloning onto a new Machine ## Cloning onto a new Machine
1. Clone the repo into a **bare** repository in your home directory
# Initial setup ```
git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles
```
> The next steps are not required if you don't want to track changes made to your dotfiles on this machine.
2. Append the following alias to your terminalrc
```
alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
```
3. Checkout the content from your repo to your home directory
```
dotfiles checkout
```
## Initial setup
1. Initialize a bare git repository in your home directory using
```
git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles
```
2. Append the following alias to your terminalrc
```
alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
```
3. Use the alias to configure git to hide untracked files for this repo
```
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
```
4. Use git as you would normally to track your dotfiles, only using e.g. `dotfiles add` instead of `git add`