unix_configs

Enlightenment is the unprogrammed state.

These are not meant for you. Exploit them at your own risk.

Setup (New Device)

git clone --separate-git-dir=$HOME/.unix_configs git@github.com:egorbelibov/unix_configs.git ~

This might fail if git finds an existing config file in your $HOME. In that case, a simple solution is to clone to a temporary directory, and then delete it once you are done:

git clone --separate-git-dir=$HOME/.unix_configs git@github.com:egorbelibov/unix_configs.git tmp_unix_configs
rsync --recursive --verbose --exclude '.git' tmp_unix_configs/ $HOME/
rm -r tmp_unix_configs

Core Idea

The key idea is simple - make $HOME the git work-tree. Simply create a dummy folder and initialize a --bare repository.

Initial Setup

mkdir $HOME/.unix_configs
git init --bare $HOME/.unix_configs

Make an alias for running git commands in the .unix_configs repository repository.

# add to config.fish or .bashrc
alias unix_configs='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.unix_configs/ --work-tree=$HOME'

Add remote and disable showUntrackedFiles

unix_configs config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
unix_configs remote add origin git@github.com:egorbelibov/unix_configs.git

Ta-da! That’s it. Now just add all your goodies in there.

unix_configs add .bashrc
unix_configs commit -m "Add .bashrc"
unix_configs push