This repository includes all of my custom dotfiles. They should be cloned to
your home directory so that the path is ~/dotfiles/. The included setup
script creates symlinks from your home directory to the files which are located
in ~/dotfiles/.
The setup script is smart enough to back up your existing dotfiles into a
~/dotfiles_old/ directory if you already have any dotfiles of the same name as
the dotfile symlinks being created in your home directory.
So, to recap, the install script will:
- Back up any existing dotfiles in your home directory to
~/dotfiles_old/ - Create symlinks to the dotfiles in
~/dotfiles/in your home directory
Since the dotfiles is symlinked from ~/dotfiles/ directory, the files can
be edited in either folder. The dotfiles_old is only valid once, on a
new istall. The makesymlink.sh should also only be used that one time.
git clone git@github.com:havardAasen/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
./makesymlinks.sh