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diff --git a/_drafts/dotfiles-under-revision-control.md b/_drafts/dotfiles-under-revision-control.md deleted file mode 100644 index 4cccea3..0000000 --- a/_drafts/dotfiles-under-revision-control.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,83 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Dotfiles under revision control" -description: "How I manage my configuration files with Git." -published: 2019-09-02 ---- - -<!-- TODO: Test commands --> - -I regularly spend some time to fit my preferred tools to my personal need and taste. -Luckily, most command-line tools and a growing number of graphical tools, accept configuration files -- commonly called _dotfiles_ because of the typical dot at the beginnig of the file name, e.g., `.tmux.conf`. -This post describes my not-so-special way to put these dotfiles under revision control using Git and Bash. -In fact, you'll find a myriad of public dotfiles repositories on the web, for example on [GitHub](https://github.com/search?q=dotfiles). - -Add the following snippet to your `~/.bashrc`. -The first line defines a `dotfiles` alias for `git` to distinguish your dotfiles repository from any other Git repository in and below your home directory. -The remaining lines reuse -- you might say hack -- Git's Bash completion for the alias. - -```sh -alias dotfiles="git --git-dir=\${HOME}/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=\${HOME}" -if [ -f /usr/share/git/completion/git-completion.bash ]; then - source /usr/share/git/completion/git-completion.bash - __git_complete dotfiles __git_main -fi -``` - -Initialize a bare Git repository for your dotfiles, and tell Git to ignore untracked files. - -```sh -mkdir ~/.dotfiles -git -C ~/.dotfiles init --bare -dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no -``` - -Now you can `add`, `commit`, and `push` your dotfiles as usual. - -You can even add other repositories as submodules. -The following snippet, for example, adds Vim and Tmux plug-ins for the acclaimed [Solarized](https://ethanschoonover.com/solarized/) color scheme. - -```sh -mkdir -p ~/.tmux/plugins -cd ~/.tmux/plugins -dotfiles submodule add https://github.com/seebi/tmux-colors-solarized.git - -mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/stefan/{start,opt} -cd ~/.vim/pack/stefan/start -dotfiles submodule add https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized.git - -dotfiles add ~/gitmodules -``` - -Update the submodules as always. - -```sh -dotfiles submodule update --remote --merge -``` - -Generate help tags. - -```sh -for d in ~/.vim/pack/stefan/*/*/doc; do - vim -u NONE -c "helptags $d" -c q -done -``` - -Finally, clone your dotfiles to another machine. -Be careful to clone into a temporary directory, though. -Otherwise you might screw up your home directory. - -```sh -git clone \ - --recurse-submodules \ - --separate-git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles \ - example.com:~/git/dotfiles ~/dotfiles-tmp -rm ~/dotfiles-tmp/.git -cp -ai ~/dotfiles-tmp/.* ~ -rm -r ~/dotfiles-tmp -dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no -``` - -That's it. Happy tracking! - -P.S. Did you know that Unix' hidden files were a mistake? -See [this archived post](https://web.archive.org/web/20190318012059/https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/R58WgWwN9jp) by Rob Pike. |