Dotfiles

This is a modified version of Ben Alman's dotfiles. Here are the key differences:

• Stipped software installs to the bare minimum required for development to speed things up
• Emacs not VIM, this repo includes my own .emacs configuration too

How the "dotfiles" command works

When [dotfiles][dotfiles] is run for the first time, it does a few things:

1. In Ubuntu, Git is installed if necessary via APT (it's already there in OSX).
2. This repo is cloned into your user directory, under ~/.dotfiles.
3. Files in /copy are copied into ~/. (read more)
4. Files in /link are symlinked into ~/. (read more)
5. You are prompted to choose scripts in /init to be executed. The installer attempts to only select relevant scripts, based on the detected OS and the script filename.
6. Your chosen init scripts are executed (in alphanumeric order, hence the funky names). (read more)

On subsequent runs, step 1 is skipped, step 2 just updates the already-existing repo, and step 5 remembers what you selected the last time. The other steps are the same.

Installation

OS X Notes

You need to have XCode or, at the very minimum, the XCode Command Line Tools, which are available as a much smaller download.

The easiest way to install the XCode Command Line Tools in OSX 10.9+ is to open up a terminal, type xcode-select --install and follow the prompts.

Ubuntu Notes

Update APT with sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get -qq dist-upgrade first.

Installation

1. Fork this repo
2. Open a terminal/shell and do this:

export github_user=YOUR_GITHUB_USER_NAME

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/$github_user/dotfiles/master/bin/dotfiles)" && source ~/.bashrc

You might have to type your password in here and there.

Inspiration

https://github.com/cowboy/dotfiles
https://github.com/gf3/dotfiles
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles

License

Copyright (c) 2014 "Cowboy" Ben Alman Licensed under the MIT license. http://benalman.com/about/license/