/dotfiles

.* in my home directory

Primary LanguageVim ScriptDo What The F*ck You Want To Public LicenseWTFPL

Dotfiles

Based on TotempaaltJ's dotfiles, with some modifications.

I have dotfiles (as every Linux user does) and I like them the same everywhere. I also like low setup times, and highly customized settings.

All files

I use a somewhat complicated directory structure, but it makes a lot of sense when you know exactly what's happening:

  • files/
    These files aren't linked or copied at all. They're only utilized.

    • bashrc
      The bash config file. I love changing my PS1 around.
    • vimrc
      The vim configuration file. I like weird things like ; instead of : and disabling all arrow keys. Zenburn too.
    • gitconfig
      Instead of setting up my name and email address for git on every single machine I use, I figured I should just dump it in my dotfiles. It also has some aliases and shorthand URIs.
    • screenrc
      Screen is amazing but it requires some minor customization to reach its full potential.

  • links/
    Files to be symlinked to (these are usually directories).

    • bash/
      Saving any extensions for my bash configuration file. Most importantly the colours file and the Git script, showing what branch you're in inside your PS1.
    • vim/
      This is the vim config directory (obviously). Just some scripts that I wanted to include directly instead of using Vundle.

  • templates/
    These files are copied to the home directory and have any occurrence of {{dotfiles}} replaced by the path to the dotfiles repository. This is so you can add any machine-specific configuration to the actual files.

How to use

Please Note: I do not recommend, nor disapprove of or discourage using these files without modification. If you have the exact same desires as I do, feel free to use it. I do recommend though to look into the files and change things to how you like them best. Fork this on Github. Have fun!

Apart from that, the installation steps are currently quite easy:

  1. Run ./install, this will walk you through the required steps for installing and configuring these dotfiles.
  2. Modify to your liking.

Uninstalling is as simple as running ./install -r which will remove all symlinks in your home directory to files and folders in the files directory. It won't, however, remove the copied template files!