Dotfiles

All of my Linux config files. Easy installation and maintenance with Git bare repository.

• About
• Installation
• Usage

About

I use Linux distributions daily for both personal and work related things. Over the years I have customized Linux CLI tools to my liking. This repository has my config files for the following programs:

• Zsh with Prezto configuration framework
• Tmux
• Neovim / Vim

Installation

Git has a feature called "bare repository". You can place git-dir (contents of .git) and work-tree on different paths. I setup a Bare repository in any folder. When I'm working on dotfiles repo I use an alias which sets --git-dir to bare repository and --work-tree to my home directory. So I can access my dotfiles repo from any directory without the need to cd first.

1. Fork the repo.

   1. Go to fork page.

   2. Copy HTTPS or SSH clone link of your fork.

2. Prepare dotfiles directory.

   1. Initialize bare Git repository.

      git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles

   2. Add an alias to .bashrc or .zshrc (if you use Zsh as shell).

      alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
      alias config_edit="(export GIT_DIR=$HOME/.dotfiles; export GIT_WORK_TREE=$HOME; nvim)"

   3. Configure local Git settings for the repository.

      config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
      config config --local core.worktree $HOME

   4. Set your fork as remote repository. I used my repo's HTTPS clone link in this example. You should use the link you copied.

      config remote add origin https://github.com/arensonzz/dotfiles.git

3. Pull dotfiles from repo

   config pull origin master

Usage

Use config alias instead of git when working with dotfiles repository.

config status
config add ~/.bashrc
config commit -m "Modify bash config"
config add ~/.zshrc
config commit -m "Modify zsh config"
config push origin master

Also you can use the config_edit alias which opens up Neovim editor with correct Git env variables set so you can use tools like vim-fugitive to stash changes, commit, etc.