#!/bin/bash # this script will install the dotfiles from the target git repository, and back up any conflicting files # credit for this idea and basic script outline goes to https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles DOTFILES_REPO_DIR="$HOME/git/dotfiles" DOTFILES_REPO_URL="https://git.blakenorth.net/dotfiles" DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles-backup" # cannot contain the character '#' set -e # check for the git command and exit if it doesn't exist if ! command -v git > /dev/null;then echo 'git is not installed or could not be found in $PATH, please install git to proceed' exit 1 fi git clone --bare "$DOTFILES_REPO_URL" "$DOTFILES_REPO_DIR" dot() { git --git-dir="$DOTFILES_REPO_DIR" --work-tree="$HOME" "$@" } # remove the '&> /dev/null' part if things don't seem to work right if dot checkout > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Checked out dotfiles." else echo "Backing up pre-existing dotfiles." # get the list of files that need to be backed up DOTFILES_BACKUP_LIST=($(dot checkout 2>&1 | grep -Po "\t.*$" | cut -c 1 --complement)) # create directories for everything that needs one mkdir -p "$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR" $(printf '%s\n' "${DOTFILES_BACKUP_LIST[@]}" | grep -Po '.*/' | sed "s#.*#$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR/&#g") # backup the files to avoid them being overwritten printf '%s\n' "${DOTFILES_BACKUP_LIST[@]}" | xargs -I{} mv "$HOME"/{} "$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR"/{} fi dot checkout dot config status.showUntrackedFiles no