This project includes dotfiles, i.e., linux home directory configuration. This helps to reduce differences in the environment across the many different linux hosts the author frequents.
mkdir -p ~/data/git/forge-dotfiles
git clone <URL> ~/data/git/forge-dotfiles
git --git-dir ~/data/git/forge-dotfiles/.git --work-tree=$HOME reset --hard
alias git='git --git-dir ~/data/git/forge-dotfiles/.git --work-tree=$HOME'
git status
git add <FILE>
git commit -m "<MESSAGE>"
git push origin master
unalias git