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Initialize dotfiles on a new computer
git clone --bare git@github.com:anna-hope/dotfiles.git $HOME/.cfg
function dotfiles {
/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
}
mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup
dotfiles checkout
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
echo "Checked out the dotfiles.";
else
echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{}
fi;
dotfiles checkout
dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no
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