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How do I clone my git repo of sublime-text-2 settings to another computer

I have my current sublime-text-2 "Packages/User" folder in a git repo (on github)

How do I clone it into an existing folder "Application Support/Sublime Text 2" now that I am on a new computer?

Here is the repo:
http://github.com/andxyz/sublime-text-2-configs

Here is the existing folder on the new computer:

cd /Users/andxyz/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/Packages/User
Solution

  • The following worked for me on an OSX mavericks 1.9.2 machine (after I got my github ssh clone stuff working) I did this:

    git clone [email protected]:andxyz/sublime-text-2-configs.git ~/temp-sublime-text-2-configs
mv ~/temp-sublime-text-2-configs/.git ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/.git
rm -rf ~/temp-sublime-text-2-configs
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 2/
git checkout --force master

    The reasoning being that we can move the hidden .git folder from our temp-repo into the existing folder. Then move to that folder and force a git checkout with --force.