# dot

## Description
There is no place like $HOME. Dotfiles bootstrapping guide.


## Table of Contents

* [Start](#start)
* [Setup](#setup)
* [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments)
* [License](#license)



## Start
Here is how you start using this setup.

Create a folder ~/.dot which is a bare repository that will track our dotfiles.

Create an alias for git called 'dot' to interact with our dotfile repo.

Set a flag to hide files we are not explicitly tracking yet. Which is everything.

Add the alias definition to your .bashrc.

```bash
git init --bare $HOME/.dot
alias dot='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dot/ --work-tree=$HOME'
dot config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
echo "alias dot='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dot/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.bashrc
```

Now add all of your dotfiles. Here is a example.

`dot add .vimrc`

## Setup
Here is how you can migrate this setup to another system.

```bash
git clone --bare https://myrepos.dev/Randy-Jordan/dot.git $HOME/.dot
function dot {
   /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dot/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
}
mkdir -p .dot-backup
dot checkout
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
    echo "Checked out dotfiles.";
    else
        echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
        dot checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .config-backup/{}
fi;
dot checkout
dot config status.showUntrackedFiles no
```

## Acknowledgments

[Tom Preston-Werner README Driven Development](https://tom.preston-werner.com/2010/08/23/readme-driven-development)<br>
[Make a README](https://www.makeareadme.com/)<br>
[Choose a LICENSE](https://choosealicense.com/)<br>
[Atlassian - How to store Dotfiles](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles)<br>

## License