Versioned $HOME directory

This directory is versioned using git, but using --git-dir=.config.git to avoid conflicts.

See http://robescriva.com/blog/2009/01/06/manage-your-home-with-git/ for more details

Installation

In order to clone this there are 2 options, clone it to a repo and move it

git clone --git-dir=.config.git clone git@github.com:keymon/dotfiles.git dotfiles
git pull --recurse-submodules
cp dotfiles/* $HOME/; mv dotfiles/.??* $HOME

or this:

cd $HOME
git --git-dir=.config.git init
git --git-dir=.config.git config --bool core.bare false
git --git-dir=.config.git remote add origin git@github.com:keymon/dotfiles.git
git --git-dir=.config.git fetch
git --git-dir=.config.git reset --hard origin/master
git --git-dir=.config.git branch --set-upstream master origin/master
# get submodules, i.e. bash-it
git --git-dir=.config.git submodule init
git --git-dir=.config.git submodule update
git --git-dir=.config.git pull --recurse-submodules
# Local config
git --git-dir=.config.git config --local core.excludesfile ~/..configignore
# Reload bash
exec bash -l

or automated:

curl -qs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keymon/dotfiles/master/.init_dotfiles_repo.sh | FORCE=1 bash -

NOTE: this will override your .bashrc, .bash_profile, etc

Use it

As the blog recommends, add this alias to .bash_rc or load the .my_bash:

# Add the config command to version the $HOME
alias config='git --git-dir=$HOME/.config.git/ --work-tree=$HOME'
# Add bash completion for config
[ type _git > /dev/null 2>&1 ] && complete -o default -o nospace -F _git config

Then just use the config command as usual:

config add -f file
config diff

Update everything

To download everything:

git pull --recurse-submodules

Bash-it

I am using bash-it as git submodule. In order to keep it sync:

git submodule init
git submodule update

Reference:

• https://github.com/keymon/bash-it
• https://github.com/revans/bash-it

~/.my_bash

In the ~/.my_bash I keep some extensions, aliases, etc.

Just drop files there with *.sh and add in ~/.bash_profile, after loading bash-it:

# Load my own Bash extensions
source ./.my_bash/load_all.sh