Why versioning only dotfiles if we can do the same with our homedir?
# create your configs dir
cd ~
mkdir dotfiles
# start a git repo
cd ~/dotfiles
git init
# create a git repository for you and get the url
git remote add origin [email protected]:${USERNAME}/${REPO_NAME}.git
# tell git that your worktree starts in your $HOME
git config core.worktree '../../'
# ignore everything
echo '*' > ../.gitignore
# once you're ignoring everything, the only way
# to add files is by using The Force™️
git add -f ../.bashrc
git add -f ../.bash_profile
git add -f ../.vimrc
# etc...
# commit your changes to the remote repo
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push# go to your home dir
cd ~
# clone the repo with the "--no-checkout" option
# (so we can checkout the files in our homedir)
git clone --no-checkout [email protected]:${USERNAME}/${REPO_NAME}.git
# go to the created directory and do the wortree trick
cd ${REPO_NAME}
git config core.worktree '../../'
# checkout your files overwriting the existing ones
git reset --hard origin/master- Remember: your
.gitignoreis ignoring "everything" with that* - Anything you want to add must be done with
git add -f - Your
gitcommands will only work while you're in the~/${REPO_NAME}directory, so if you want to add a new file, you need togit add -f ../${FILENAME} - Once a file was added to the list of tracked files, you don't need to use
-ffor that file anymore.
- worktree trick: https://www.wangzerui.com/2017/03/06/using-git-to-manage-system-configuration-files/
- gitignoring everything: https://drewdevault.com/2019/12/30/dotfiles.html