dotfiles

This repository includes all of my custom dotfiles. They should be cloned to your home directory so that the path is ~/dotfiles/. The included setup script creates symlinks from your home directory to the files which are located in ~/dotfiles/.

The setup script is smart enough to back up your existing dotfiles into a ~/dotfiles_old/ directory if you already have any dotfiles of the same name as the dotfile symlinks being created in your home directory.

I also prefer zsh as my shell of choice. As such, the setup script will also clone the oh-my-zsh repository from my GitHub. It then checks to see if zsh is installed. If zsh is installed, and it is not already configured as the default shell, the setup script will execute a chsh -s $(which zsh). This changes the default shell to zsh, and takes effect as soon as a new zsh is spawned or on next login.

Requirements

Requirements for installing those dotfiles:

1. Install Homebrew

Installation

$ git clone http://github.com/alienlebarge/dotfiles ~/dotfiles
$ cd ~/dotfiles
$ git submodule update --init --recursive
$ stow .
$ ./brew.sh

Update

$ git pull
$ git submodule foreach git pull

Home vs. Work

I work behind a proxy. So if you do not need any proxy settings, you have to walk through all files and remove all proxy configurations.

I use SquidMan for my proxy connections.

Vim

Plugins

Plugins are managed with vim-plug.

Install plugin

If you need to add a new plugin, simply add it in the .vimrc file and run :PlugInstall in Vim.

Uninstall plugin

Delete the Plug line(s) from your '.vimrc', source the .vimrc and call `:PlugClean``

Update Vim packages

$ ./brew.sh

Install Homebrew formulae

To install Homebrew formulae (after installing Homebrew, of course):

$ ./brew.sh

If you get an error when running it, try to $ sudo chmod 755 brew.sh it.

Git

It's installed via Homebrew to get the laetest version (see Install Homebrew formulae).

GitHub Config

Use this config to cache the password.

Credits

It is based on Michael Smalley's article.