presence of the --bare flag when initialising and cloning the repo
the path to the Git directory, $HOME/.cfg/ for bare and $HOME/.cfg/.git/ for non-bare.
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Storing your dotfiles using a non-bare, default repository:
1. git init $HOME/.cfg
-2. alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/.git/ --work-tree=$HOME'
-3. echo "alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/.git/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.zsh/aliases
-4. config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
-5. config add .vimrc + config commit -m "add .vimrc" + Set up a remote repository on GitHub or your Git server of choice + config push
+2. alias cfg='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/.git/ --work-tree=$HOME'
+3. echo "alias cfg='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/.git/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.zsh/aliases
+4. cfg config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
+5. cfg add .vimrc + config commit -m "add .vimrc" + Set up a remote repository on GitHub or your Git server of choice + config push
Installing:
1. echo ".cfg" >> .gitignore
2. git clone <remote-git-repo-url> $HOME/.cfg
-3. alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/.git --work-tree=$HOME'
-4. config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
-5. config checkout
+3. alias cfg='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/.git --work-tree=$HOME'
+4. cfg config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
+5. cfg checkout
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Using a bare repository like @durdn's tutorial