From fb6864440d2727563adad623ed782b442f56ab60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: srdusr <graytrevor98@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:52:40 +0200
Subject: Instructions on cloning dotfiles to a new system

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 tools/git.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

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diff --git a/tools/git.md b/tools/git.md
index a80317b..dd117ac 100644
--- a/tools/git.md
+++ b/tools/git.md
@@ -25,6 +25,27 @@ config add .bashrc
 config commit -m "Added bashrc"
 config push
 ```
+- Installing onto a new system  
+1. Avoid weird behaviour/recursion issues when .cfg tries to track itself  
+```bash
+echo ".cfg" >> .gitignore
+```
+2. Clone the repo
+```bash
+git clone <remote-git-repo-url> $HOME/.cfg
+```
+3. Set up the alias 'config'  
+```bash
+alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=<path to .cfg’s Git directory> --work-tree=$HOME'
+```
+4. Set local configuration into .cfg to ignore untracked files  
+```bash
+config config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no
+```
+5. Checkout  
+```bash
+config checkout
+```
 
 config submodule add https://github.com/user/repo.git .path/to/repo  
 
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