Dotfiles

Usage

1. Install Homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/nsanka/dotfiles.git

3. Run the bootstrap.sh script
   1. Alternatively, only run the setup.sh scripts in specific subfolders if you don't need everything
4. Login to applications, check/update preferences

Customisation

If you would like to use these dotfiles for yourself, I'd recommend changing at least the following:

Git

• The .gitconfig file includes my [user] config, replace these with your own user name and email

OSX

• At the top of the setup.sh file, my computer name is set, replace this with your own computer name

Packages

This folder is a collection of the programs and utilities I use frequently.

Contents

Root (/)

• bootstrap.sh - Calls all setup.sh scripts from each folder

User Bin (bin/)

• setup.sh - Symlinks the other contents of the folder to ~/bin/
• sethidden - A shell script which takes command line arguments to show or hide hidden files
• togglehidden - A shell script that toggles between showing and hiding hidden files

Git (git/)

• setup.sh - Symlinks all git files to ~/
• .gitignore_global - Contains global gitignores, such as OS-specific files and several compiled files
• .gitconfig - Sets several global Git variables

macOS Preferences (macos/)

• setup.sh - Executes a long list of commands pertaining to macOS Preferences

Packages (packages/)

• setup.sh - Installs the contents of the .list files and the Brewfile

Helper Scripts (scripts/)

• functions.sh - Contains helper functions for symlinking files and printing progress messages

Shell Profile(shell/)

• setup.sh - Symlinks all bash files to ~/
• .bash_profile - Basic Shell Profile configuration

Vim (vim/)

• setup.sh - Symlinks all vim files to ~/
• .vimrc - Basic Vim configuration

Visual Studio Code (vscode/)

• setup.sh - Symlinks the settings.json file to ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User
• settings.json - Contains user settings for Visual Studio Code (Using Settings Sync On in VSCode)