https://github.com/datwaft/dotfiles

My dotfiles
https://github.com/datwaft/dotfiles

dotfiles

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My dotfiles

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/datwaft/dotfiles
• Owner: datwaft
• Created: 2020-06-29T00:17:33.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-27T17:59:27.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-27T21:23:57.837Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: dotfiles
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 539 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Please read this

The way this repository uses for storing my dotfiles is with a _bare_ repository. This makes it easy to clone, and it doesn't need to use system links.

> The technique consists in storing a Git bare repository in a "side" folder (like `$HOME/.cfg` or `$HOME/.myconfig`) using a specially crafted alias so that commands are run against that repository and not the usual `.git` local folder, which would interfere with any other Git repositories around.

## FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

### What are the prerequisites for this?

Install `git`.

> [!WARNING]

> If you install `git` using `brew` you will break completion.

### How do I import the dotfiles?

Use this command:

```sh

git clone --bare [email protected]:datwaft/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles

```

> This will clone the contents of the remote repository (the .git link) to the home directory (~) while referencing ~/.dotfiles as the local bare repository (the `—seperate-git-dir` part).

After that add the alias to the current shell scope:

```sh

alias .git='git --git-dir ~/.dotfiles --work-tree ~'

```

And after that do a checkout to add the files to the home directory:

```sh

.git checkout

```

> [!WARNING]

> Your home directory shouldn't contain any of the dotfiles present inside the directory.

### Where did you get the information for using your dotfiles like this?

Here: 

And Here: