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These are config files to set up a system the way I like it. It uses Oh My ZSH. I was also inspired by holmans dotfiles

I am running on Mac OS X, but it will likely work on Linux as well.

The plan is to create an install script so that when I get to a new machine its easy to get into a state I like. It is also a good place to backup files as well as share we anyone that is intrested.

I wrote a blog post about this as well.

install

You will need to have git installed on the host to setup your enfironment apt-get install git or yum install git or brew install git. Run this;

git clone https://github.com/clijockey/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
~/.dotfiles/script/bootstrap

This will symlink the appropriate files in .dotfiles to your home directory. Everything is configured and tweaked within ~/.dotfiles.

The main file you'll want to change right off the bat is zsh/zshrc.symlink, which sets up a few paths that'll be different on your particular machine.

dot is a simple script that installs some dependencies, sets sane OS X defaults, and so on. Tweak this script, and occasionally run dot from time to time to keep your environment fresh and up-to-date. You can find this script in bin/.

On ChromeOS need to follow the workaround for Nerd fonts here.

topical

Everything's built around topic areas. If you're adding a new area to your forked dotfiles — say, "Java" — you can simply add a java directory and put files in there. Anything with an extension of .zsh will get automatically included into your shell. Anything with an extension of .symlink will get symlinked without extension into $HOME when you run script/bootstrap.

what's inside

A lot of stuff. Seriously, a lot of stuff. Check them out in the file browser above and see what components may mesh up with you. Fork it, remove what you don't use, and build on what you do use.

components

There's a few special files in the hierarchy.

• bin/: Anything in bin/ will get added to your $PATH and be made available everywhere.
• topic/*.zsh: Any files ending in .zsh get loaded into your environment.
• topic/path.zsh: Any file named path.zsh is loaded first and is expected to setup $PATH or similar.
• topic/completion.zsh: Any file named completion.zsh is loaded last and is expected to setup autocomplete.
• topic/*.symlink: Any files ending in *.symlink get symlinked into your $HOME. This is so you can keep all of those versioned in your dotfiles but still keep those autoloaded files in your home directory. These get symlinked in when you run script/bootstrap.

The current file structure is as follows;

.
├── LICENSE.md
├── bash
│   └── bashrc.symlink
├── git
│   ├── aliases.zsh
│   ├── completion.zsh
│   ├── gitconfig.symlink
│   ├── gitconfig.symlink.example
│   └── gitignore.symlink
├── grc
│   ├── conf.curl
│   └── grc.conf
├── homebrew
│   └── install.sh
├── osx
│   └── set-defaults.sh
├── readme.md
├── script
│   ├── bootstrap
│   └── install
├── system
│   └── env.zsh
├── vim
│   └── vimrc.symlink
└── zsh
    ├── aliases.zsh
    ├── completion.zsh
    ├── window.zsh
    └── zshrc.symlink

Uninstall

To remove the dotfile configs, run the following commands. Be certain to double check the contents of the files before removing so you don't lose custom settings.

unlink ~/.bin
unlink ~/.gitignore
unlink ~/.gemrc
unlink ~/.gvimrc
unlink ~/.irbrc
unlink ~/.vim
unlink ~/.vimrc
rm ~/.zshrc # careful here
rm ~/.gitconfig
rm -rf ~/.dotfiles
rm -rf ~/.oh-my-zsh
chsh -s /bin/bash # change back to Bash if you want

Then open a new terminal window to see the effects.