How to use Github to manage dotfiles?

Question

I stored my dotfiles in github, with lots pains, because of no automation. I have to update it myself.

Is there a way that can auto install/update/sync dotfiles? I m

Answer 1

I found an interesting way to use plain git to manage your dotfiles, no symlinks needed. This way, you should be able to do push and pull the usual way:

Setup

git init --bare $HOME/.myconf
alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.myconf/ --work-tree=$HOME'
config config status.showUntrackedFiles no

where my ~/.myconf directory is a git bare repository.

Usage

The usual git commands can then be used with the git alias, e.g. config or whatever you choose.

config status
config add .vimrc
config commit -m "Add vimrc"
config push

Benefits

• No extra tooling
• no symlinks

More Infos

• Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11071754
• Article with further infos: https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/