https://github.com/jamiewarb/myconf

My config files, predominantly dotfiles
https://github.com/jamiewarb/myconf

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My config files, predominantly dotfiles

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jamiewarb/myconf
• Owner: Jamiewarb
• Created: 2017-11-16T17:27:25.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-12-22T09:25:44.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T03:46:58.843Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 43.9 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: readme.md

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# .myconf

This repo contains all of my configuration files. Credit to [StreakyCoba](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11071754)

It does not contain any credentials, keys or sensitive data.

Remember to copy this over manually before wiping a machine!!

> Don't forget to copy all sensitive data over to a new machine!!

## Set up from scratch:

    git init --bare $HOME/.myconf

    alias myconf='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.myconf/ --work-tree=$HOME'

    myconf config status.showUntrackedFiles no

where my ~/.myconf directory is a git bare repository. Then any file within the home folder can be versioned with normal commands like:

    myconf status

    myconf add .ackrc

    myconf commit -m "Add ackrc"

    myconf add .zshrc

    myconf commit -m "Add zshrc"

    myconf push

## Replicate on new machine

To replicate this home directory on a new machine using the following command:

    git clone --separate-git-dir=$HOME/.myconf [email protected]:jamiewarb/myconf $HOME

## Replicate with non-empty $HOME

If your $HOME is not empty, you should do the following instead, to a temporary directory

    git clone --separate-git-dir=$HOME/.myconf [email protected]:jamiewarb/myconf $HOME/myconf-tmp

    cp ~/myconf-tmp/.gitmodules ~  # If you use Git submodules

    rm -r ~/myconf-tmp/

    alias myconf='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.myconf/ --work-tree=$HOME'

    myconf config status.showUntrackedFiles no

## Explanation

The first line creates a folder ~/.myconf which is a Git bare repository that will track our files.

Then we create an alias myconf which we will use instead of the regular git when we want to interact with our configuration repository.

We set a flag - local to the repository - to hide files we are not explicitly tracking yet. This is so that when you type myconf status and other commands later, files you are not interested in tracking will not show up as untracked.