This is a template repo for dotfiles. To be used with the chef constitution_configured_user recipe, but can be used with other sync methods. Run the sync script after a git pull to install appropriate symlinks and hardlinks.
Three types of linkages can be created:
- symlinked dot-directories: the symlink
$HOME/.x->$HOME/.managed/dotdirs/x, wherexis a dir - symlinked dot-files: the symlink
$HOME/.x->$HOME/.managed/dotfiles/x - hardlinked dot-files: the hardlink
$HOME/.x->$HOME/.managed/nolink/x
When sync creates a symlink, it first checks if the dotfile exists; if it does, no action is taken by default. However this can be changed using the .trample file as follows.
In each directory $HOME/.managed/dot{dirs,files} and $HOME/.managed/nolink, a file .trample can
be created. .trample contains a newline-delimited list of files that should overwrite any installed
files, no matter what. So for instance, if you always want to use your github-managed .bashrc, the
file $HOME/.managed/dotfiles/.trample should contain a line reading:
bashrc
NOTE this will delete any .bashrc that exists previously!