# enables git management through dot command alias dot='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=/home/marty/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=/home/marty' # The following commands are run on your git repo if you installed through the script # You can invoke them manually, but it's not recommended to keep them active in here. # Otherwise each time a shell starts up, *whatever directory you are in*, the commands # will be re-run. # ## Make git assume the readme is not changing (essentially ignore it). # # This means you can safely remove the README.md file from your home dir # without git trying to delete it from the repository. # If you WANT to make changes to the README.md, you will have to make git # watch it again with the commented out command # # Read more: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4308610/how-to-ignore-certain-files-in-git # and: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/653454/how-do-you-make-git-ignore-files-without-using-gitignore # #dot update-index --no-assume-unchanged README.md #dot update-index --assume-unchanged README.md ## Make git not show untracked files (i.e. ALL other files in your home dir) #dot config status.showUntrackedFiles no