Based on https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/.

See also https://matt.sh/setup-2021-late for extra things worth adding.

Install on a new machine

1. Install zsh and vim

2. Use chsh to change your default shell to zsh, or add 'exec zsh' to the end of ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc if you can't

3. (Optional) Install powerline plugin for fancy fonts

4. Add system-specific path modifications (e.g. adding miniconda installation . ~/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh) to .zshrc

5. (Optional) Install fd

6. Add alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME' to /.zshrc, log in and out to confirm the alias got set.

7. Run the following:

echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore
git clone --bare [email protected]:mwcvitkovic/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
dotfiles checkout
docfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

1. Install Vundle and vim plugins:

git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
vim +PluginInstall +qall 

Edit

Use dotfiles instead of git as you normally would, noting that new files aren't shown when running dotfiles status.