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    Dotfiles installation

The dotfiles support bash (on Linux) and zsh (on macOS and Linux). These are meant to give me a consistent environment across the UNIX computers I use.
Before starting, make sure the repository isn't going to write over important existing files. It's a good idea to rename .bashrc and .zshrc to .bashrc.local and .zshrc.local.
# Create `.dotfiles` folder
mkdir ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles

# Set up bare Git repo
git init --bare
git remote add origin git@github.com:thegreatrazz/dotfiles.git
git config status.showUntrackedFiles no

# Set up alias (temporarily)
alias dotfiles="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME"

# Pull the repo
dotfiles pull origin master
Maintenance

# Add file, commit, push
dotfiles add .zshrc
dotfiles commit
dotfiles push

# Download
dotfiles pull

Acknowledgements


Distrotube, Git Bare Repository - A Better Way To Manage Dotfile
Arch Wiki, Dotfiles