dotfiles

These are my dotfiles and a simple script to manage them. The main application for the scritp, is to init (bootstrap) dotfiles and add them to the repository.

install

git clone https://github.com/hafu/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
./dotfiles.sh init

The name of the destination directory does not matter, it stores the added dotfiles, a filemap and if necessary backups.

commands

init

Initialize (bootstraps) dotfiles. Any existing files will be backed up to <scriptdir>/backup/<timestamp>/<dir>/<filename>. So an existing ~/.vimrc is saved under backup/1234567890/.vimrc and ~/.i3/config under backup/1234567890/.i3/config.

So it works:

0. checks if there is a FILEMAP
1. checks for branch with the same name as the hostname itself and ask to use it or if not exist create one
2. reads the FILEMAP and creates a link for every item - existing files will be backed up

Example:

./dotfiles.sh init

add

Adds a file to the repository, so it will be moved to / and added to the FILEMAP. The file will be renamed to be git-frendly.

Examples:

./dotfiles.sh add ~/.vimrc
./dotfiles.sh add ~/.i3/config

del

Deletes a file from the repository and FILEMAP and/or from the Filesystem.

Examples:

./dotfiles.sh del ./vimrc
./dotfiles.sh del ~/.i3/config