- Fork this repo
- git clone the forked repo on to your local machine
- Go through each setting in the
.osx
file and comment out the settings you don't want to apply (or uncomment the ones you want). In general, if a setting doesn't make sense to you, probably best to comment it out. - type
./.osx
in your terminal to apply all these settings (you will have to restart after doing this) - Copy the
.aliases
file to your home directory using command:cp .aliases ~
- Add the line:
source .aliases
to your~/.bashrc
file. - Look through the aliases file to learn the new aliases that you can use on your terminal and Feel the Power!
Raise your hand if you have questions.
The original instructions of this repo are below, you DO NOT need to follow the Installation instructions outlined below.
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You can clone the repository wherever you want. (I like to keep it in ~/Projects/dotfiles
, with ~/dotfiles
as a symlink.) The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.
git clone https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && source bootstrap.sh
To update, cd
into your local dotfiles
repository and then:
source bootstrap.sh
Alternatively, to update while avoiding the confirmation prompt:
set -- -f; source bootstrap.sh
To install these dotfiles without Git:
cd; curl -#L https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/tarball/master | tar -xzv --strip-components 1 --exclude={README.md,bootstrap.sh,LICENSE-MIT.txt}
To update later on, just run that command again.
If ~/.path
exists, it will be sourced along with the other files, before any feature testing (such as detecting which version of ls
is being used) takes place.
Here’s an example ~/.path
file that adds ~/utils
to the $PATH
:
export PATH="$HOME/utils:$PATH"
If ~/.extra
exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.
My ~/.extra
looks something like this:
# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Mathias Bynens"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="mathias@mailinator.com"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
You could also use ~/.extra
to override settings, functions and aliases from my dotfiles repository. It’s probably better to fork this repository instead, though.
When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible OS X defaults:
./.osx
When setting up a new Mac, you may want to install some common Homebrew formulae (after installing Homebrew, of course):
brew bundle ~/Brewfile
You could also install native apps with brew cask
:
./.cask
Suggestions/improvements welcome!
Mathias Bynens |
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@ptb and his OS X Lion Setup repository
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Ben Alman and his dotfiles repository
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Chris Gerke and his tutorial on creating an OS X SOE master image + Insta repository
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Cãtãlin Mariş and his dotfiles repository
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Gianni Chiappetta for sharing his amazing collection of dotfiles
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Jan Moesen and his ancient
.bash_profile
+ shiny tilde repository -
Lauri ‘Lri’ Ranta for sharing loads of hidden preferences
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Matijs Brinkhuis and his dotfiles repository
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Nicolas Gallagher and his dotfiles repository
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Tom Ryder and his dotfiles repository
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Kevin Suttle and his dotfiles repository and OSXDefaults project, which aims to provide better documentation for
~/.osx
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anyone who contributed a patch or made a helpful suggestion