rafidka/smart-shell

A set of configurations to improve shell (zsh/bash) experience

This repository contains a set of opinionated configurations to improve the bash experience. I use bash a lot in my day to day job and outside it. One thing I frequently struggle with is when I have to work on another machine, e.g. a server on the cloud, and then I lose all of the configurations I have on my local machine. This problem becomes particularly bothering for me since I have to frequently create new machines on the cloud, making it difficult to apply the new configurations over and over. Furthermore, I might discover a new nice configuration I want to apply, but then I have to apply it on all machines. As such, I decided to push all the common configurations to GitHubs

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Features
  • Shell (Z shell and Bash)
  • Vim Features
• Installation
  • Bash Users

Features

Shell (Z shell and Bash)

• Z shell: Install oh-my-zsh for improved experience.
• Bash: Install oh-my-bash for improved experience.
• Increase command history to a million so you don't lose any command from your history.
• Some useful aliases.
• A colored version of cat using vimcat. Just type vimcat <filename> to display file with highlighting.
• A random password generator. Try it by calling: newpass.
• Install fzf for fuzzy finding:
  • Use Ctrl-T to search for files in the current hierarchy.
  • Use Ctrl-F to search the content of files in the current hierarchy.
  • Use Ctrl-R to search command history using fuzzy funder.

Vim Features

• A list of predefined configurations to improve the Vim experience, for example:
  • Enable auto indentation
  • Use spaces for indentation instead of tabs.
  • Increase command history to a million so you don't lose any command from your history.
  • Enable incremental search.
  • Enable ruler on the bottom
  • Show relative line numbers for easier navigation
  • Enable incremental search
  • ... and many other you can see in the [vimrc.vim] file.
• Automatically install vim-plug to make it easier to install Vim plugins.
• Install the following Vim plugins:
  • bufexplorer
  • ctrlp.vim
  • editorconfig-vim
  • fzf.vim
  • lightline.vim
  • nerdtree-git-plugin
  • nerdtree
  • rust.vim
  • vim-fugitive
  • vim-prettier
  • vim-code-dark
  • python-syntax
  • rust-lang
  • vim-airline
  • vim-airline-themes
  • vim-go

Installation

smart-shell can be installed with the following command:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rafidka/smart-shell/master/install.sh | sh

This will do the following:

1. Clone the repository under ~/smart-shell.
2. Update .zshrc and .bash_profile files to source ~/smart-shell/activate.sh. This file, on the other hand, ensures that the repository is up-to-date and then source the ~/smart-shell/smart-shell.{bash|zsh} file.
3. Update .vimrc to source ~/smart-shell/vimrc.vim.
4. Upon execution, smart-shell.{bash|zsh} will also install the necessary plugins.

Bash Users

It is also worth mentioning that depending on whether you are running bash in interactive or non-interactive mode, either .bashrc or .bash_profile will be loaded. It is possible to put all your configuration in .bashrc and then in .bash_profile you simply source .bashrc like:

[ -f ~/.bashrc ] && . ~/.bashrc