Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/brannon/dotfiles $HOME/.dotfiles
For most files, just create a symbolic link to the corresponding file in $HOME/.dotfiles
ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/.bashrc $HOME/.bashrc
The .gitconfig is a special case, because there are some machine / os specific settings (like the credential helper, etc). Just add the following to $HOME/.gitconfig
[include]
path = .dotfiles/.gitconfig
Linux credential helper
sudo apt-get install libgnome-keyring-dev
cd /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/gnome-keyring
sudo make
git config --global credential.helper /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/credential/gnome-keyring/git-credential-gnome-keyring
OS X credential helper
git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain
The .vimrc assumes that vim-plug is installed (https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug). Use the command :PlugInstall to install the plugins defined in .vimrc
curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim