How do I add a new dotfile with Dotbot?

Question

I'm trying to version my dotfiles on Linux via Dotbot, using init-dotfiles as initial setup. It worked great, but how do I add a new file to my .dotfiles repository?

In my case, I created a .bash_aliases file in my home folder.

It wouldn't make sense to run the init-dotfiles script and go through he whole setup process every time I create a new dotfile.

Answer 1

You could still run the script in verbose/preview mode, just to see the commands it runs

./init_dotfiles.sh verbose-config preview

Then you will be able to deduce the git command to run in order to add your new file (and future new files) to the dotfile repository.