https://github.com/beiertu-mms/dotfiles
Linux configuration files being versioning via git bare repository.
https://github.com/beiertu-mms/dotfiles
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Linux configuration files being versioning via git bare repository.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/beiertu-mms/dotfiles
- Owner: beiertu-mms
- License: mit
- Created: 2020-07-10T07:34:23.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-06-16T05:38:42.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-16T06:29:03.918Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: bare, configuration, dotfiles, git, linux, repository
- Language: Lua
- Homepage:
- Size: 4.09 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: .github/README.md
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README
#
My dotfiles setup using [git](https://git-scm.com/) bare repository functionality.
- Table of contents
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Set up from scratch](#set-up-from-scratch)
- [Install the dotfiles on a new machine](#install-the-dotfiles-on-a-new-machine)
- [Credits](#credits)
- [License](#license)
## Prerequisites
- git
- rsync (to set up a new machine)
## Set up from scratch
1. Create a placeholder for git internal files
```sh
mkdir -p ~/dotfiles
```
2. Initialize the bare repository
```sh
git init --bare ~/dotfiles
```
3. Create an alias to interact with the dotfiles
```sh
alias dot='git --git-dir=~/dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
```
So now instead of `git add` or `git status`, use `dot add`, `dot status` etc.
4. Configure git to ignore all files by default
```sh
dot config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
```
5. Now you are ready to track your dot files.
**Note:** To see which files are currently being tracked, use
```sh
dot ls-tree -r master --name-only
```
## Install the dotfiles on a new machine
1. Clone to a temporary folder
```sh
git clone --separate-git-dir=~/dotfiles tmp-dotfiles
```
2. Synchronize the files
```sh
rsync --recursive --verbose --exclude '.git' tmp-dotfiles/ ~/
```
3. Remove the temporary folder
```sh
rm -rf tmp-dotfiles
```
## Credits
- [dotfiles image](https://github.com/jglovier/dotfiles-logo/blob/main/dotfiles-logo.png) by [Joel Glovier](https://github.com/jglovier)
## License
Distributed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE.txt](./LICENSE.txt) for more information.