Githome

This is an implementation of the githome way of dotfile management.

Description and use

From the readme of githome:

Githome is a simple way to manage your Unix home (dot) files, using only git.

The idea is that you track your $HOME files in a bare git repo.

$ git init --bare $HOME/{...}/githome
$ alias githome='git --work-tree=$HOME --git-dir=$HOME/github.com/jreisinger/githome'
$ githome remote add origin git@github.com:jreisinger/githome.git

You ignore all files in your $HOME

$ cat $HOME/.gitignore
*
!.gitignore

except for those you want to track

$ githome add .gitignore # you'll need -f for all other files
$ githome commit -m "genesis"
$ githome ls-tree main -r --name-only
.gitignore

Everyday use

In everyday use, normal git commands can be used by utilising the githome alias.

$ githome pull
$ githome push

You can update the .gitignore file to include files and directories that you've added.

This allows git to show changed files that have been added in githome status for instance.