ma11hew28/dotfiles

My dotfiles

dotfiles

My dotfiles.

Install

1. Clone this project to ~/dotfiles, or wherever.

   git clone --depth 1 --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules --remote-submodules https://github.com/ma11hew28/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
   

2. Change the values of name and email in config/git/config.

3. Optional: Create a file named zshrc_private for any private commands.

4. Back up these files and directories because step 6 replaces them.

   • ~/.config/git/config
   • ~/.config/git/ignore
   • ~/.vim
   • ~/.zshenv
   • ~/.zshrc
   • ~/.zshrc_private

5. Restart Terminal and change directory to this project.

   cd ~/dotfiles
   

6. Install dotfiles.

   zsh install.zsh dotfiles
   

7. Restart Terminal.

Manage Vim packages

This project uses Git submodules to manage Vim packages.

List all Vim packages

git submodule

Add a Vim package

git submodule add --depth 1 https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.vim.git vim/pack/bundle/start/rust.vim

Update all Vim packages

git submodule init && git submodule foreach --recursive 'git fetch --depth=1 && git gc --aggressive --prune=now && git submodule init'

Delete a Vim package

git rm vim/pack/bundle/start/rust.vim && rm -rf .git/vim/pack/bundle/start/rust.vim

Update

1. Restart Terminal and change directory to this project.

   cd ~/dotfiles
   

2. Update this project.

   git pull
   

3. Update all the Vim packages, as above.

4. Do install steps 5–7.

Uninstall

1. Restart Terminal and change directory to this project.

   cd ~/dotfiles
   

2. Uninstall dotfiles.

   zsh uninstall.zsh
   

3. Restart Terminal.

4. Optional: Move anything you want to keep out of this project.

5. Remove this project.

   rm -rf ~/dotfiles