kev1njodea/dotfiles

Version control for my Linux configuration files using a bare Git repository.

How-To

• Initial commit

  Setup Bare Git Repository for Public Repo

  1. Create a bare repository:

     git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles

  2. Create an alias to manage the dotfiles:

     alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'

  3. Add the alias to your shell configuration:

     echo "alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.bashrc

  4. Exclude the .dotfiles directory from being tracked:

     echo ".dotfiles" >> $HOME/.gitignore

  5. Tell git not to show untracked files

     dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

  6. Ensure sensitive information is not included

  [!WARNING] Before committing, check for any sensitive information (e.g., API keys, passwords) and either remove or ignore those files.

  7. Initial commit:

     dotfiles add .bashrc .zshrc .vimrc # add others as needed
     dotfiles commit -m "Initial commit of dotfiles"
     dotfiles remote add origin <repo-url>
     dotfiles push -u origin main

• Following commits

  1. Example

     dotfiles status
     dotfiles add .bashrc
     dotfiles commit -m "New alias"
     dotfiles push

• Starship setup

  1. Guide / Config

     curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh
     
     echo 'eval "$(starship init bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc
     
     mkdir -p ~/.config && touch ~/.config/starship.toml

  2. Theme - Gruvbox Rainbow

     nano ~/.config/starship.toml

     Paste in configuration, save, open new shell