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Where possible, a file sources another, machine specific file, for\nexample: `.profile` sources `.profile_local`. The machine specific dotfiles\nlive in a [private GitHub repo][1].\n\nThis repo is best cloned as a bare repository straight into `$HOME`. [This\nGist][2] contains a script that clones the repository, configures it to ignore\nuntracked files and do sparse checkout (so `README.md` and `LICENSE` don't show\nup), and initializes all the submodules. It can be run like this, preferably in\n`$HOME`:\n\n```bash\nbash \u003c(curl -L https://git.io/JJczn)\n```\n\nNotice that this *overwrites* existing dotfiles.\n\nFrom now on, dotfiles can be manipulated with `gdf`, which is an alias for\n\n```bash\ngit --git-dir=\"$HOME/.dotfiles.git\" --work-tree=\"$HOME\"\n```\n\nwith the same tab completion as `git` itself.\n\nFor example, after a change to `.bashrc`, you'd use\n\n```bash\ngdf add .bashrc\ngdf commit -m \"Update .bashrc\"\ngdf push\n```\n\n## Credits\n\nThe structure of using two repositories with generally applicable dotfiles in\nthe first sourcing machine specific ones from the second was inspired by [this\ngreat article by Anish Athalye][3].\n\nI've seen the idea of using a bare repository for dotfiles first in [this\ncomment by StreakyCobra on Hacker News][4]. People then expanded on the idea\nand wrote about it, specifically Nicola Paolucci in his [tutorial][5] (adding\nthe idea of using something like a Gist for initialization and pointing out\nproblems if the files exist already) and Harfang in a [blog post][6].\n\n[1]: https://github.com/bewuethr/dotfiles-local\n[2]: https://gist.github.com/bewuethr/4d044f84989cb430a8b9c46dc4ea75c9\n[3]: http://www.anishathalye.com/2014/08/03/managing-your-dotfiles\n[4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11071754\n[5]: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles\n[6]: https://harfangk.github.io/2016/09/18/manage-dotfiles-with-a-git-bare-repository.html\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbewuethr%2Fdotfiles","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbewuethr%2Fdotfiles","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbewuethr%2Fdotfiles/lists"}