shanson's dotfiles

These dotfiles set up Zsh, Vim, and tmux, and are also used to back up iTerm config and manage other program dotfiles, like rbenv and git. Some of this configuration is borrowed from thoughtbot's dotfiles. thoughtbot's rcm is used to manage creating symlinks to the home directory.

Setting up a new computer

Clone this repo

Clone this repo to ~/dotfiles.

Run laptop script

When setting up a new computer, the laptop script that is included in this repo should be used. This script is a modified version of thoughtbot's Laptop script. Run the Laptop script with:

> ~/dotfiles/laptop

This script is idempotent, so it can be modified and run again as needed. After the laptop script finishes, continue setting up the dotfiles, according to the instructions. Some changes from the script, like the Mac key repeat changes, may require a restart before they take effect.

Install dotfiles

Set zsh as your login shell:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

Then, clone or fork this repo into ~/dotfiles if not already done in the Laptop setup.

Install rcm (not required if laptop script was done):

brew tap thoughtbot/formulae
brew install rcm

Install the dotfiles:

env RCRC=$HOME/dotfiles/rcrc rcup

Any files in this repo that are not prefixed with a . are automatically symlinked to the home directory with a . prefix when rcup is run. After this initial rcup, the RCRC ENV variable does not need to be manually specified.

To exclude any files or directories from being symlinked, modify the rcrc file.

Running rcup does the following:

• Symlinks files to the home directory
• Runs vim-plug and zplug (specified in hooks/post-up)

If new files are added, the post-up can be skipped by running rcup -K.

For more information on what happens with rcup, see the thoughtbot dotfiles repo.

Other manual steps

When setting up a new computer, the following manual steps should also be taken.

Install apps

Install and configure applications

Backing up old computer

• Manually back up the Photos and Photo Booth libraries for copy to new machine
• Export Alfred preferences
• Export Day One Journal
• Back up dev directory

Configure SSH keys

• Generate new SSH key, upload to GitHub, update ~/.ssh/config file with new key
• Copy relevant config from ~/.ssh/config of old machine to new machine (eg. SSH names)