WSL 2 Setup & Configuration

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux Version 2 from powershell

wsl --install
wsl --list --verbose

Install Linux distro

wsl --install -d ubuntu

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Cloning the bare repository

Install GIT

sudo apt-get install git

Setup Credentials

echo 'https://${USER}:${TOKEN}@github.com' > ~/.git-credentials

Install Zsh

sudo apt install zsh

Install Oh My Zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

ZSH Plugins

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Remove default theme

rm ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/agnoster.zsh-theme

Automated git clone with backup

git clone --bare https://github.com/BlazeIsClone/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
function config {
   /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
}
mkdir -p .dotfiles-backup
config checkout
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
  echo "Checked out config.";
  else
    echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
    config checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .dotfiles-backup/{}
fi;
config checkout
config config status.showUntrackedFiles no