tylerbrostrom/dotfiles

A bare-repository setup for managing my MacBook’s dotfiles

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Setup

1. Clone the bare repo

   git clone --bare [email protected]:tylerbrostrom/dotfiles $HOME/.dotfiles.git

2. Checkout files

   Be sure to move/backup any files which would be overwritten by the following checkout!

   git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles.git/ --work-tree=$HOME checkout

3. Install Homebrew

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

4. Open a new shell and install dependencies specified by ~/.Brewfile

   zsh
   brew bundle -g install

5. Install Fonts

   • MonoLisa
   • NerdFont Symbols

Making Changes

Use dotf instead of git

• dotf is a shell alias for git where GIT_DIR=$HOME/.dotfiles.git and GIT_WORK_TREE=$HOME

  dotf status
  dotf commit -v

• git aliases still work too

  dotf st
  dotf ci

Acknowledgements

• @durdn for the write-up: How to store dotfiles