Customisation

[nomasprime]

I'm a bit confused about the difference between the "Customize to your needs..." line in the template .zshrc and placing scripts in the custom directory. Where should I put customisations, i.e., what's the difference between these two locations?

Atm I just want to alias ls -l functions to gls so I can use --group-directories-first, currently doing this in custom/aliases.zsh. Is this the convention?

[padde]

I'd say just put it where it feels like. Oh-my-zsh gives you a lot of options, for example you could as well place your customizations in an external directory outside of ~/.oh-my-zsh. I like to do the latter because this way i can put oh-my-zsh and my own custom stuff both under version control. So it's really up to you where you put your stuff, the only important thing is that you know where it is.

My suggestion is: as long as you're not concerned with version control, just put it in your ~/.zshrc. When you feel it gets bloated, move stuff into separate files in the custom directory. If you want version control use an external directory, for example ZSH_CUSTOM=~/.dotfiles/zsh/custom/.

[mcornella]

Hi @habitullence, @ncanceill just reworded the template .zshrc file, see if it is clearer and please close this issue.