dotfiles

Linux dotfiles and other configurations Setup, installation and usage from durdn's blog post.

Initial Setup

1. Create bare git repository: git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles
2. Alias git command for bare repository: alias dotgit='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
3. Ignore untracked files by default: dotgit config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
4. Add dotgit to .bashrc: echo "alias dotgit='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.bashrc; source $HOME/.bashrc
5. Create a remote repository on Github
6. Add the remote to the local bare repository: dotgit remote add <remote_name> <repository ssh/url>
7. Use the dotgit repository as a normal git repository.

Installation on another machine

1. Add the alias to the .bashrc: echo "alias dotgit='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.bashrc; source $HOME/.bashrc
2. Add the .dotfiles folder to .gitignore:echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore
3. Clone the repository: git clone --bare <repo ssh/url> $HOME/.dotfiles
4. Checkout the repository contents:dotgit checkout
5. If you have conflict, backup the conflicting files to another folder and delete them on the $HOME directory:

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

6. Re-run the checkout command:dotgit checkout
7. Ignore untracked files by default: dotgit config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
8. Use the bare repository as a normal git repo with the dotgit alias

Bashrc Setup

• Bash files included:
  • .bash_profile: loaded on login. Sources ~.bashrc
  • .bashrc: loaded on each new terminal. Main file for configurations.
    • Sources /etc/bashrc, if exists (system-wide bash configurations)
    • Sources $HOME/.bash_local, if exists (local and unsynced configurations)

Vim Setup

1. Initialize submodules: dotgit submodule update --init --recursive
2. Install Vundle Plugins: vim +PluginInstall +qall
3. Check .vim/README.md for more details

Nvim Setup

1. Check .config/nvim/README.md for more details