This repository include some of my dotfiles.

For file-tracking I use the set-up described by StreakyCobra on Hacker News.

1. Initialization of the git repository takes place in $HOME.

git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles
alias dotgit='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
dotgit config status.showUntrackedFiles no

2. Next one would add a handful of dotfiles that are of interest to track file changes.

dotgit status
dotgit add .vimrc .profile .tmux.conf .bash_aliases .local/include/*
dotgit commit -m "initial commit"
dotgit push

3. For fetching the configuration files from the repository on a new machine (migration of the setup), one needs to define the dotgit alias beforehand as such:

alias dotgit='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
dotgit config status.showUntrackedFiles no

When done. The dotfiles can be cloned into a bare repository referring to the .dotgit directory.

git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles
dotgit checkout

Config files tracking without additional tools. Just git!

Tasks:

• Add more configuration files
• Add automated script for fetching and backups