dotfiles

My personal dotfiles repo containing my local configuration and a way to sync it all.

Quick Setup

Verify the modules to sync are configured and run the install script.

./install

Overview

Modules are symlinked using stow to the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME directory (~/.config). The modules that get synced is set based on the configuration file within the repo. This system helps be specific about which modules get stored, but comes at the cost that files created within the repository need to be resynced by running the install script after creation to create an initial symlink. Shortcuts are configured to assist with that process described in more detail below.

Requirements

• stow - symlinks modules
• ansible - installs any tools
• brew - package manager used with ansible

Shortcuts

Some aliases are configured to edit and update configuration based on a configured $DOTFILES environment variable:

• dotFileInstall - run install script (good for new files)
• dp - run dotFileInstall and resources zsh files (good for updates)
• db - run the ansible.yml playbook and dp (good to make sure everything is installed)
• some auto generated aliases get created with genFileAliases()
  • e{t}{f} - edit {type} {file}
    • eda - edit dotfiles aliases
  • c{t}{f} - cat {type} {file}
    • cda - cat dotfiles aliases