dotfiles

My personal dotfiles collection.

Conventions

Each topic (eg. bash, git, etc.) is in a separate subfolder. Within each topic:

• All *.shell files will be sourced into login shells (in this order)
  • init.shell contains initialisation specific to the topic
  • paths.shell contains paths specific to the topic
  • aliases.shell contains shell aliases specific to the topic
• All *.bash files will be sourced into bash login shells
  • completion.bash contains shell completions specific to the topic
  • prompt.bash contains shell prompt customisations specific to the topic
• All *.zsh files will be sourced into zsh login shells
  • completion.zsh contains shell completions specific to the topic
  • prompt.zsh contains shell prompt customisations specific to the topic
• All *.launchagent files are copied to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/*.plist
• All *.symlink files (and directories) will be symlinked to ~/.{file} eg.

~/.mystuff       -> ~/.dotfiles/mystuff/mystuff.symlink
~/.myotherstuff  -> ~/.dotfiles/myotherstuff/myotherstuff.symlink

Installation

1. Clone the repo somewhere (eg. cd ~/ && git clone --recursive git://github.com/scottohara/dotfiles.git). Doesn't matter where, as the installer will automatically symlink the repo to ~/.dotfiles.
2. Change to checkout directory and run the install script (cd ~/dotfiles && ./setup.sh)

Uninstallation

1. Change to the checkout directory and run the uninstall script (cd ~/dotfiles && ./setup.sh -u)

Setting up a new Mac

1. Install Homebrew
2. Install Git (brew install git)
3. Install VSCode
4. Import Solarized profiles into Terminal.app; set as startup settings; change font to Monaspace Neon Var Medium 11; drop opacity to 95%; increase window size to at least 250x75; change Bright Black text colour from rbg(0,43,54) to rgb(0,44,54)
5. In Settings => Users & Groups, unlock and right-click user account and choose Advanced Options...; set the login shell as desired (/bin/bash or /bin/zsh)

Thanks

• Inspiration taken from Zach Holman's dotfiles collection.
• Also, https://dotfiles.github.com.