# dot

## Description
Dotfiles and new install guide.

## Table of Contents

* [Starting Fresh](#starting-fresh)
* [Migrating](#migrating)
* [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments)
* [License](#license)


## Starting Fresh

```bash
# Creates a folder ~/.dot which is a bare repository that will track our files.
git init --bare $HOME/.dot

# create an alias config which we will use to interact with our dotfile repo.
alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dot/ --work-tree=$HOME'

# Set a LOCAL REPO flag to hide files we are not explicitly tracking yet,(all).
dot config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

# Make sure our alias is set.
echo "alias dot='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dot/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.bashrc
```

## Migrating

```bash
git clone --bare https://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 {} .dot-backup/{}
fi;
dot checkout
dot config status.showUntrackedFiles no

```


## Acknowledgments
[Readme Driven Development - Tom Preston-Werner](https://tom.preston-werner.com/2010/08/23/readme-driven-development.html)<br>
[Choose a License](https://choosealicense.com/)<br>
[Useful .gitignore Templates](https://github.com/github/gitignore)<br>
[Atlassian - How to store dotfiles](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles)<br>

## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [MIT License](LICENSE.md) file for details.