Clemens' Dotfiles

How to install

The installation step may overwrite existing dotfiles in your HOME directory.

$ bash -c "$(curl -fsSL raw.github.com/klaemo/dotfiles/master/bin/dotfiles)"

N.B. If you wish to fork this project and maintain your own dotfiles, you must substitute my username for your own in the above command and the 2 variables found at the top of the bin/dotfiles script.

How to update

You should run the update when:

• You make a change to ~/.dotfiles/git/gitconfig (the only file that is copied rather than symlinked).
• You want to pull changes from the remote repository.
• You want to update Homebrew formulae and Node packages.

Run the dotfiles command:

$ dotfiles

Options:

-h, --help	Help
--no-packages	Suppress package updates
--no-sync	Suppress pulling from the remote repository

Features

Automatic software installation

Homebrew formulae:

• git
• htop
• ansible
• rsync (latest version, rather than the out-dated OS X installation)
• wget
• httpie

Local/private zsh configuration

Any private and custom zsh commands and configuration should be placed in a ~/.zsh_extra file. This file will not be under version control or committed to a public repository. If ~/.zsh_extra exists, it will be sourced for inclusion in zsh_env.

Here is an example ~/.zsh_extra:

# PATH exports
PATH=$PATH:~/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin
export PATH

# Git credentials
# Not under version control to prevent people from
# accidentally committing with your details
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Clemens Stolle"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="clemens@example.com"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
# Set the credentials (modifies ~/.gitconfig)
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"

# Aliases
alias code="cd ~/Code"

N.B. Because the git/gitconfig file is copied to ~/.gitconfig, any private git configuration specified in ~/.extra will not be committed to your dotfiles repository.

Acknowledgements

Inspiration and code was taken from many sources, including:

• @necolas (Nicolas Gallagher) https://github.com/necolas/dotfiles
• @mathiasbynens (Mathias Bynens) https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles
• @hukl (hukl) https://github.com/hukl/dotfiles