Dotfiles (e.g. .profile, .gemrc, etc.) are configuration files that personalize your system. These files normally live under your $HOME directory and are hidden, in that they are preceded by a dot (hence "dotfiles") and not shown by default in places like OS X's Finder.app.
These are my dotfiles that are generic enough to share across the computers I use, and with other users.
- *nix environment (e.g. Mac OS X or Linux)
- Bash version >= 3 (for command line enhancements)
- Ruby (for the install.rb to work)
Clone (or fork) this repository, and update all the git submodules within.
$ cd ~
$ git clone [email protected]:chmurph2/dotfiles.git .dotfiles # or wherever you prefer
$ cd .dotfiles
$ git submodule update --init --recursive
(Option 1) If you'd like to symlink everything within this repository to your
home directory, run install.rb.
$ cd ~/.dotfiles
$ ./install.rb
(Option 2) If you'd like to just symlink one or more configurations to your home directory manually, you can.
$ cd ~/.dotfiles
$ ln -ns gemrc ~/.gemrc
$ ln -ns autotest.d ~/.autotest.d
(Option 3) Just look around and pick and choose what you like for your own dotfiles.
If you'd like to use git and github, be sure to add your own ~/.gitconfig_local file:
[user]
email = [email protected]
name = Your Name
[github]
user = your-github-username