Installation using a git bare repository

Update .gitignore to avoid weird recursion problems:

echo ".dotfiles" >> .gitignore

Clone your dotfiles into a bare repository in a "dot" folder of your $HOME:

git clone --bare <git-repo-url> $HOME/.dotfiles

Define the alias in the current shell scope:

alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'

Checkout the actual content from the bare repository to your $HOME:

dotfiles checkout

Set the flag showUntrackedFiles to no on this specific (local) repository:

dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

You can now type config commands to add and update your dotfiles:

dotfiles status
dotfiles add .zshrc
dotfiles commit -m "Add zshrc"
dotfiles add .bashrc
dotfiles commit -m "Add bashrc"
dotfiles push