thoughtbot dotfiles

Requirements

Set zsh as your login shell.

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Install

First, fork this repo on Github.

Then, clone your Github fork onto your laptop and install it:

git clone git@github.com:your-github-name/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
./install.sh

This will create symlinks for config files in your home directory. If you include the line "DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE" anywhere in a config file, it will copy that file over instead of symlinking it, and it will leave everything above that line in your local config intact.

You can safely run ./install.sh multiple times to update.

Why fork?

You should be able to experiment with your own dotfiles, save them in version control, and still get updates from thoughtbot/dotfiles.

The master branch is for your customizations and the upstream branch is for thoughtbot's updates.

Set up the upstream branch

You only have to do this once:

git remote add upstream git@github.com:thoughtbot/dotfiles.git
git fetch upstream
git checkout -b upstream upstream/master

Make your own customizations

Put your customizations at the top of files, separated by "DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE."

For example, the top of your ~/.gitconfig might look like this:

[user]
  name = Joe Ferris
  email = jferris@thoughtbot.com

# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE

[push]
  default = current

The top of your ~/.zlogin might look like this:

# RVM
[[ -s '/Users/croaky/.rvm/scripts/rvm' ]] && source '/Users/croaky/.rvm/scripts/rvm'

# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE

# recommended by brew doctor
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

Get thoughtbot's updates

Each time you want to include thoughtbot's changes:

git checkout upstream
git pull
git checkout master
git rebase upstream

Addition (Quang Quach customs)

Cloning code

git clone git://github.com/quangquach/dotfiles.git

Install zsh

chsh -s /bin/zsh
git submodule update --init oh-my-zsh

zsh-syntax-highlighting

• Clone the code

mkdir -p oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
cd oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git

• Edit zshrc, in last position

plugins=([plugins...] zsh-syntax-highlighting)

• Source ~/.zshrc

  source ~/.zshrc

Command-T

rvm use system
cd ~/.vim/bundle/Command-T/ruby/command-t
ruby extconf.rb
make

flake8

pip install flake8

Javascript ctags in VIM

brew install ctags
git clone --recursive https://github.com/mozilla/doctorjs.git
cd doctorjs
make
make install

Credits

Thank you, contributors!

Dotfiles is maintained by thoughtbot, inc The names and logos for thoughtbot are trademarks of thoughtbot, inc.

Dotfiles is © 2009-2013 thoughtbot, inc. It is free software and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the MIT-LICENSE file.