Andrew's Dotfiles
These are my dotfiles, along with an appropriate set of installation and updating scripts. The organization is roughly as follows:
- link/ contains files that will simply be symlinked to their respective files in ~ (e.g. link/bashrc is linked from ~/.bashrc)
- copy/ contains files that are copied to the local/ directory, and then symlinked. This is used for files with potentially sensitive information - for example, .gitconfig. Note that the entire directory is recursively copied to the local/ folder, but only the files are symlinked.
- pre_install/ contains scripts that will be run (in alphabetic sort order) before any symlinking or installing is done
- post_install/ contains scripts that are run (in alphabetic sort order) after all files have been symlinked or copied (e.g. the script that prompts to set up git)
Subdirectories
In some of the subdirectories, there are subdirectories for architecture-specific stuff. For example, the link/ directory has subdirectories Darwin/ and Linux/, which are used to store specific information for individual operating systems. For example, bashrc will source a bashrc file from the appropriate subdirectory, if it exists.
Install Script
The install script will do the following, in the given order:
- Run each file in pre_install/ in alphabetical order.
- Link each file in link/ to the appropriate place in the home directory. Backup anything that exists already.
- Recursively copy the entirety of the copy/ directory to local/, and then symlink/backup anything in the same manner as link/.
- Run each file in post_install/ in alphabetical order.