dotinit.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Variables
DOTFILE_URL=https://github.com/Luis-Henriquez-Perez/dotfiles
DOTFILE_DIR=$HOME/.dotfiles

# Clone the dotfiles repository as a bare repo
git clone --bare $DOTFILE_URL $DOTFILE_DIR

# Function to interact with the bare Git repository
dot() {
   /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$DOTFILE_DIR --work-tree=$HOME "$@"
}

# Create a backup directory for pre-existing dotfiles
mkdir -p .config-backup

# Try to check out the files
if dot checkout; then
  echo "Checked out config.";
else
  echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
  # Find existing files that conflict and move them to the backup directory
  dot checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk '{print $1}' | while read -r file; do
    mv "$HOME/$file" "$HOME/.config-backup/$file"
  done
  # Retry the checkout
  dot checkout
fi

# Configure the repository to ignore untracked files
dot config status.showUntrackedFiles no