# Bare Git Repository - https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles - StreakyCobra ## Starting from scratch ``` git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME' dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no ``` ## Install onto a new system The `checkout` command is expected to fail with a message. This is because your $HOME folder might already have some stock configuration files which would be overwritten by Git. The “BKDIR” part is a rough shortcut to move all the offending files automatically to a backup folder: ``` git clone --bare $HOME/.dotfiles alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME' dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no BKDIR=".dotfiles-backup/"; dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+" | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} sh -c "mkdir -p \$(dirname ${BKDIR}{}); mv -iv {} ${BKDIR}{}"; dotfiles checkout ``` ## Other Tools ``` lazygit --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME ```