# 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

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

echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore
git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles
dotfiles checkout
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
```

The step above might fail with a message.
This is because your $HOME folder might already have some stock configuration
files which would be overwritten by Git.
I provide you with a possible rough shortcut to move all the offending files
automatically to a backup folder:

```
mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup
dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | \
xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{}
```

## Other Tools

```
lazygit --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME
```