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Dotfiles

Your dotfiles are how you personalize your system. I liked Holman's idea of breaking these files up in a topical fashion. It makes managing these files easier. Read his post on the subject.

Install

  • git clone git://github.com/augustash/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
  • cd ~/.dotfiles
  • git submodule init
  • git submodule update
  • rake install
  • chsh -s /bin/zsh

The install rake task 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 is zsh/zshrc.symlink, which sets up a few paths that'll be different across your machines.

Topical

Everything's built around topic areas. If you're adding a new area to your dotfiles - say, "PHP" - you can simply add a php directory and put files in there. Anything with an extension of .symlink will get symlinked without extension into $HOME when you run rake install.

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/*.symlink: Any files ending in *.symlink get symlinked into your $HOME. This is so you can keep all of them versioned in your dotfiles but still keep them autoloaded in your home directory. These get symlinked in when you run rake install.
  • topic/*.completion.sh: Any files ending in completion.sh get loaded last so that they get loaded after Zsh autocomplete functions are setup.

Add-ons

There are a few things we use to make our lives awesome. They're not a required dependency, but if you install them they'll make your life better too.

  • If you install the excellent rvm to manage multiple rubies, your current branch will show up in the prompt.

Thanks

I've formed these dotfiles over many iterations and borrowed ideas from many super smart dudes:

And others!

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