Helior's dotfiles

How to install:

Clone this project to ~/.dotfiles

git clone git@github.com:helior/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

Run the Rakefile

rake install

The installer will set up your symbolic links to your home directory. If a duplicate file exists, it will prompt you to backup the file.

Install packages via Homebrew

brew bundle

Things to know:

• This project assumes you place the repository in ~/.dotfiles.
• This project assumes your default shell is ZSH.
• *.symlink files are automatically symbolically linked to your home directory. See Rakefile.
• *.zsh files are automatically sourced. See zsh/zshrc.symlink.
• ~/.localrc is sourced automatically. Use this file for sensitive information that you DON'T want in the repository. See zsh/zshrc.symlink.

Additionally...

• There is a Brewfile in which you'll need to brew using brew bundle. Many Cask entries are commented out because installing this way was awkward, but I just want to remind myself which apps I usually install.
• Run curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash to brew Janus (Vim upgrades)

Other things I usually download:

NPM

• trash
• tldr
• gulp-cli
• grunt-cli

TODOs

• Similar to aliases and .zsh files, each topic can specify which external dependencies they want to pull in. At install, these requirements will be gathered to generate a Brewfile, Gemfile, package.json, et al. and brew system-wide executables.

What am I doing?

• define a library of helper functions for the shell (node)
• helper operations to check that dependencies are installed
• define aliases
• symbolically link actual dotfiles (configuration files)
• define package/app dependencies
• customize prompts
• set OS-level settings
• push/pop to $PATH variable
• define topical ENV variables
• manage completion scripts

Thanks to...

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Zach Holman and Yan Pritzker for sharing their methods for installing and updating their dotfiles and git submodules.