dotfiles.sh

#!/bin/sh

set -e

# clone a bare repository, because even with `--no-checkout`, clone will create a
# folder for a working directory, and it will ignore the `--git-dir` option.
# but the restore all the configuration that would be there.
git clone --bare git@github.com:/ethomson/dotfiles .dotfiles.git
git --git-dir=.dotfiles.git config core.bare false
git --git-dir=.dotfiles.git config push.default simple
git --git-dir=.dotfiles.git config remote.origin.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
git --git-dir=.dotfiles.git config branch.master.remote origin
git --git-dir=.dotfiles.git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master

# redo the fetch, just to get the remote tracking branches setup
git --git-dir=.dotfiles.git fetch

# don't show any untracked files
echo '*' > .dotfiles.git/info/exclude

# checkout the working directory
git --git-dir=.dotfiles.git checkout HEAD