I've been looking for a better way to manage my dotfiles. My old method involved moving all of my dotfiles into their own directory and then symlinking each one of them back into the directory structure. What a headache! Using git bare repositories, there is no more moving files into an initialized git repository and then creating symlinks. Now, I just add, commit and then push. Done. Want to make your own git bare repository? First, make a directory for your new git bare repository (I created one called "dotfiles" but you can name it whatever). Then I entered the following in the terminal: git init --bare $HOME/dotfiles alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME' (add this alias to .bashrc) bash config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no Basic usage example: config add /path/to/file config commit -m "A short message" config push WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE GIT BARE REPO? By using the git bare repo, you can have nested git repos in your home directory and there will not be any issue with keeping things straight. That is the reason for the git bare repo and having an alias ("config"). ARTICLE REFERENCED IN THE VIDEO: 📖 https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/ 💰 WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/distrotube Paypal: https://bit.ly/2uTBqXX 👕 BUY SHIRTS AND MUGS: Help support this channel by purchasing these fine t-shirts, hoodies and mugs. https://teespring.com/stores/distrotube 🗨️ JOIN ME ON DIASPORA AND MASTODON: https://diasp.org/people/792034802a050136980b047d7b62795e https://mastodon.technology/web/accounts/85897 📁 MY CONFIGS: GitLab: https://gitlab.com/dwt1 Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!