dotfiles

Various configuration files and setup for the way I like things.

Sticks with bash as default shell because that's the MacOS default. Installs newer version of bash and zsh through homebrew but doesn't make them the default.

modular

Set up to create topics for configurations. Just create a new folder for each area.

install

Run this:

git clone https://github.com/danealexander/dotfiles ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
scripts/bootstrap

This will symlink the appropriate files in dotfiles to your home directory. Everything is configured and tweaked within ~/dotfiles.

dot is a simple script that installs some dependencies. Tweak this script, and occasionally run dot from time to time to keep your environment fresh and up-to-date. You can find this script in bin/.

components

There's a few special files in the hierarchy.

• bin/: Anything in bin/ will get added to your $PATH and be made available everywhere.
• topic/*.bash: Any files ending in .bash get loaded into your environment.
• topic/path.bash: Any file named path.bash is loaded first and is expected to setup $PATH or similar.
• topic/completion.bash: Any file named completion.bash is loaded last and is expected to setup autocomplete.
• topic/*.symlink: Any files ending in *.symlink get symlinked into your $HOME. This is so you can keep all of those versioned in your dotfiles but still keep those autoloaded files in your home directory. These get symlinked in when you run script/bootstrap.

local

Any files in the local folder will be sourced or symlinked by bootstrap, but will not get added to the git repo. Great for private files or local configurations.

You may also stash your environment variables in ~/.localrc will will be sourced but not included in the git repo.

todo

• Add preferences for Terminal
• Add preferences for TextMate
• Add preferences for TextWrangler
• Auto Install solarized
• Create install script for each topic
• Create script for optional cask installs
• .vim folder needs to be added
• Set up zsh

thanks

A lot of the structure and ideas for this version are from Zach Holman. I've tried to emulate similar ideas while still using bash.