#!/bin/bash cd ~ git clone --bare https://github.com/yourusername/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME' dotfiles checkout if [ $? = 0 ]; then echo "Checked out dotfiles."; else echo "Backing up existing dotfiles."; mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup dotfiles checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk 'print $1' | xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{} dotfiles checkout fi dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no source ~/.bashrc With this script on GitHub or a gist, you can restore your entire digital identity with:
A bare repository is a Git directory without a working tree. You create one in your home folder and set an alias so it doesn't interfere with your other Git projects. filedot secret
curl -L https://tinyurl.com/your-bootstrap | bash The advanced layer of the filedot secret is handling macOS vs. Linux vs. WSL differences. You achieve this with conditional includes in your dotfiles. curl -L https://tinyurl