Managing my dotfiles as a git repository
@sir I have a similar setup but I put the .git directory in ~/.dotfiles instead of ~.
I then use this alias to interact with my git repository: `alias dgit='git --git-dir ~/.dotfiles/.git --work-tree=$HOME'
This was the only way I found worked well with all search tools (eg: ripgrep, ack). Otherwise I had problems where these tools would skip files due to gitignore.
This isnt my original idea though, took it from https://www.electricmonk.nl/log/2015/06/22/keep-your-home-dir-in-git-with-a-detached-working-directory/
@tomleb @sir I'm doing this as well. Together with Drew's multi host, multi arch, single repo.
In addition to the alias for one's public dotfiles, I have another repo/alias for private stuff too, so the two basically just overlay my $HOME.
Having these two aliases is quite advantageous, I think. It also avoids undesirable habitual commits to my dotfiles, when I think I'm in an "actual" git directory.
