antonl / dotfiles-ng

Dotfile control using vcsh and myrepos.

[antonl/dotfiles-ng][]

• Remap win to super
• Install gnome-tweaks-tool
  • disable capslock
  • change window switcher shortcut to Super+Tab
• Install ULauncher
• Install keybase
• Install vcsh
• Install slack

A bootstrap unix configuration based on Conquer your dotfiles with VCSH and MR.

Structure of the repository

• master branch for README and stuff that won't end up in your $HOME.
• mr branch for the configuration of myrepos.
• all other branches for your applications and their dotfiles.

Structure of the mr branch

.
├── .config
│   └── mr
│       ├── available.d
│       │   └── mr.vcsh
│       └── config.d
│           └── mr.vcsh -> ../available.d/mr.vcsh
└── .mrconfig

The contents of this branch can be summarized as follows:

• .mrconfig: the entrypoint configuration file for mr,
• .config/mr/available.d/: repository definitions for your applications,
• .config/mr/config.d/: repository definitions active in the current system. Contains symlinks to available.d/.

How to add a new application

1. Fork this repo
2. Add a repository definition to ./config/mr/available.d/ in the mr branch.
3. Symlink it to config.d if you want it to be activated by default.
4. Create a new branch with git checkout -b your_app init.
5. Add your dotfiles
6. Push

How to use on a new system

Clone the mr branch with vcsh:

$ vcsh clone -b mr https://example.com/your-fork mr

Enable/disable the repository definitions that you want on the system:

$ cd .config/mr
$ ln -s ../available.d/i3.vcsh config.d/

Checkout everything with mr:

$ mr checkout