dotfiles-git

name

dotfiles-git

description

For git operations on files tracked by Leon's dotfiles bare repo — paths under `$HOME` such as `~/.config/`, `~/.claude/`, `~/.local/bin/`, `~/install.sh`, `~/README.md` — use `git dotfiles <subcommand>` instead of plain `git <subcommand>`. The repo is bare at `~/personal/.dotfiles` with `$HOME` as the work tree, so plain `git` cannot find a `.git/` and will either error out or walk up into an unrelated repo. Translate mechanically: same args, same flags. Does NOT apply to git operations in regular projects (any directory with its own `.git/`, e.g. `~/work/*`, `~/personal/projects/*`, cloned repos) — those use plain `git` as normal. The trigger condition is the file path being under a tracked dotfiles location, not the mere mention of "commit" or "git".

Using git dotfiles

Leon's dotfiles live in a bare repo at ~/personal/.dotfiles with $HOME as the work tree. The alias is:

dotfiles = !git --git-dir=$HOME/personal/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME

For files tracked by this repo, replace git <subcommand> with git dotfiles <subcommand> — same args, same flags. If unsure whether a file is tracked, check from $HOME with git dotfiles ls-files | grep <path>.

Files in a regular project (with its own .git/) use plain git as usual.