Import dot files

dots-import.sh

#!/usr/bin/sh

REPO="https://github.com/mfaerevaag/dots.git"
DIR="$HOME/.dots"
BACKUP="$HOME/.dots-backup"

function dots {
   /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$DIR --work-tree=$HOME $@
}

# clone
git clone -b bare --single-branch --bare $REPO $DIR

# import
dots checkout

# check if existing
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Checked out dots"
else
    echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files..."

    mkdir -p $BACKUP
    dots checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} $BACKUP/{}

    if dots checkout; then
        echo "Checked out dots"
    else
        echo "Something failed"
    fi
fi

# ignore untracked files
dots config status.showUntrackedFiles no

# clean up
unset REPO
unset DIR
unset BACKUP

Install with

curl -Ls https://gist.github.com/mfaerevaag/6f81eb5aab8412dc1e5d1698d6abfb04/raw/ | /bin/bash