* Installation git clone --bare git@github.com:penguincoder/dotfiles.git function config { /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME $@ } mkdir -p .config-backup config checkout if [ $? = 0 ]; then echo "Checked out config."; else echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files."; config checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .config-backup/{} fi; config checkout config config status.showUntrackedFiles no config branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master Initialization script sourced from Atlassian: https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/