Can confirm this works extremely well. Here's how I do it: git clone --bare <dot...

Can confirm this works extremely well. Here's how I do it:

    git clone --bare <dotifles repo> ~/.dotfiles
    git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME checkout
    git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

And then I add an alias:

    alias cfg='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'

Now I can just manage my dotfiles as a git repo, and I don't have to worry about accidentally adding local secrets to the repo.