2023-02-20
To reduce my need to Google, gonna add some tips and tricks for the git command.
So, a while back I made a git bare repo for my dotfiles in my home folder. Following a DistroTube video, the setup was really simple, but I figured I'd put it here just in case.
Create it with this:
git init --bare $HOME/dotfiles
Put this in your bashrc:
alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
Make sure to run this so it doesn't yell at you:
dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
Using the bare repo is really simple. To add files, you can run dotfiles add /path/to/file like any other git repo and then just do the normal git commit and git push, but make sure to replace git with dotfiles since that's your alias for the bare repo.
A while back I set up an ssh key for GitHub so I wouldn't have to continue using an app password to push to my git repos. Of course, sometimes I run into repos that I haven't touched since I actually set up the SSH key, so it's still trying to use the https version instead. It's a quick fix:
git remote set-url origin <github-ssh-url>