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🌌 Galactic Dotfiles 🌠

Hello Future Me (or curious traveler from another galaxy)! Welcome to the control center of my digital spaceship! This is where I keep the settings for my command-line interfaces and tools, so they always feel familiar no matter which planet (machine) I'm on.

🚀 Quick Start

So you've landed on a brand new planet and you need to set up your tools. Here's how to get started:

  1. Clone this repository:

    First, make sure you have git installed:

    which git || (echo "Git is not installed. Installing now..." && sudo apt install git)

    Now, clone this repo as a bare repository:

    git clone --bare https://github.com/afgallo/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles

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

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

    Note: If the above command complains about conflicts, it means you have pre-existing configuration files that would be overwritten by Git. Backup the conflicting files and retry the checkout command.

  3. Add the alias to your .zshrc or .bashrc so you can easily use the dotfiles command in the future:

    echo "alias dotfiles='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'" >> $HOME/.zshrc

  4. (Experimental) Try run bootstrap.sh as an alterative method to step 2 and 3

🌌 Final Thoughts

Remember, the universe is vast, and configurations are ever-changing. Keep exploring, and keep updating this digital spaceship! And if you meet another galactic traveler, share your knowledge!

Safe travels, Future Me! 🚀