bare-dotfiles/README.md

Installation

git clone --bare git@github.com:penguincoder/dotfiles.git
function config {
  /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles.git/ --work-tree=$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 push --set-upstream origin master

Initialization script sourced from Atlassian: https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/