install-dotfiles.sh

#!/bin/bash -x
set -e

# COMMAND
# curl -Lks https://gist.github.com/pacharanero/1c2c4dcb1b7a6b015e2113fa4b734956/raw | /bin/bash

# add .dotfiles-git to global .gitignore to prevent it tracking itself recursively
echo ".dotfiles-git" >> .gitignore

# creates bare Git repo in a .hidden subdir of $HOME
git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles-git

# adds that same 'dotfiles' alias to .zshrc for future uses
echo "alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles-git/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.zshrc

# configures Git not to constantly remind us about the thousands of untracked files in $HOME
/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles-git/ --work-tree=$HOME config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

# add GitHub remote
/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles-git/ --work-tree=$HOME remote add origin https://github.com/pacharanero/dotfiles.git
/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles-git/ --work-tree=$HOME checkout -b main
/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles-git/ --work-tree=$HOME branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main

echo """You can now use the 'dotfiles' command instead of 'git' eg:
    # to delete current .zshrc and overwrite with GitHub version
    $ rm .zshrc; dotfiles pull origin main 
    # to save changes (in this example to .zshrc) to version control and push:
    $ dotfiles add .zshrc
    $ dotfiles commit -m "added .zshrc"
    $ dotfiles push origin main
    # (note that you will require push access credentials to push to the repo)"""