This dotfiles repo requires zsh to be installed on your machine.
If your on OSX, I use the Homebrew version of zsh as it tends to be newer than the bundled version.
brew install zsh
command -v zsh | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
chsh -s $(which zsh)
brew tap thoughtbot/formulae
brew install rcm
mkdir -p $HOME/code/self
git clone git://github.com/jsmestad/dotfiles.git $HOME/code/self/dotfiles
cd $HOME/code/self
rcup -d dotfiles -x README.md -x LICENSE -x Brewfile
Once you pull down changes, you can safely run rcup anywhere on your machine. Once completed, I
suggest using a new shell window as many changes may not show up.
Customizations that are not intended for upstream are best placed in a branch off master. I personally
use a self branch and place my customizations there. This eases pull down global changes.
Let's say you want to customize zshrc with something. Switch to your self branch, create a file
named zshrc.local and commit that. Running rcup will place the file in your home directory.
I like to commit .local files into this branch as I use these changes on multiple machines. If you
want this same functionality. Go into the .gitignore on your branch and comment out the line ignoring
them.
There is a gitignore entry to protect you from entering these into github, but do not rely on that!
There are a few files that are extended to also include a ".private" suffix. This is where I suggest
placing private keys if you must. Things like NPM_TOKEN or AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID values.
Put your customizations in dotfiles appended with .local:
aliases.localgitconfig.localgvimrc.localtmux.conf.localvimrc.localvimrc.bundles.localzshrc.local
For example, your ~/.aliases.local might look like this:
# Productivity
alias todo='$EDITOR ~/.todo'
Your ~/.gitconfig.local might look like this:
[alias]
l = log --pretty=colored
[pretty]
colored = format:%Cred%h%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)%an%Creset
[user]
name = Justin Smestad
email = [email protected]
Your ~/.zshrc.local might look like this:
# recommended by brew doctor
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"
Your ~/.vimrc.bundles.local might look like this:
Bundle 'Lokaltog/vim-powerline'
Bundle 'stephenmckinney/vim-solarized-powerline'