Your dotfiles are how you personalize your system. These are mine. This repository is based in the original dotfiles promoted by @holman.
$ git clone https://github.com/igalarzab/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
$ cd ~/.dotfiles
$ python bootstrap.py
$ cd packages
$ ./install.sh
This will symlink the appropriate files in .dotfiles
to your home directory. Everything is configured and tweaked
within ~/.dotfiles
.
Everything's built around topic areas. If you're adding a new area to your forked dotfiles — say, "Java" — you can
simply add a java
directory and put files in there. There's a few special files in the hierarchy:
- bin/: Anything in
bin/
will get added to your$PATH
and be made available - topic/*.xsh: Any files ending in
.xsh
get loaded into your environment - topic/*.symlink: Any files ending in
*.symlink
get symlinked into your$HOME
- topic/*.configsymlink: Any files ending in
*.configsymlink
get symlinked into your$HOME/.config
. - topic/*.launchagent: Any files ending in
*.launchagent
get symlinked into your$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents
and load withlaunchctl
(in OSX).
You should be able to extend your config without having to modify the files of the repo. For example, for configuring
your git information, just create a ~/.gitconfig-local
file with the following content:
[user]
name = John Doe
email = [email protected]
signingkey = my-key-id
helper = osxkeychain
[github]
user = john.doe