gerwitz / dotfiles

@gerwitz does dotfiles

gerwitz does dotfiles

These are my dotfiles. There are many like them, but these are mine.

This is based on Zach Holman's repository, so if you're looking for something similar, I suggest starting there.

How it works

zsh is assumed.

Most of the folders are only for organization. A few files are special:

• bin/: Anything in bin/ will get added to your $PATH and be made available everywhere.
• Brewfile: This is a list of applications for Homebrew Cask to install: things like Chrome and 1Password and Adium and stuff. Might want to edit this file before running any initial setup.
• topic/*.zsh: Any files ending in .zsh get loaded into your environment.
• topic/path.zsh: Any file named path.zsh is loaded first and is expected to setup $PATH or similar.
• topic/completion.zsh: Any file named completion.zsh is loaded last and is expected to setup autocomplete.
• topic/install.sh: Any file named install.sh is executed when you run script/install. To avoid being loaded automatically, its extension is .sh, not .zsh.
• topic/*.symlink: Any file ending in *.symlink gets symlinked into your $HOME. This is so you can keep all of those versioned in your dotfiles but still keep those autoloaded files in your home directory. These get symlinked in when you run script/bootstrap.

How I use it

git clone https://github.com/gerwitz/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
script/bootstrap

Keeping up to date

dot is in bin and does the needful.

The shoulders of giants

There are many, many ways to do this. I forked Holman's because it meshed well with my needs and feels resilient. He in turn learned from others, but his contribution is most substantial so he remains listed in LICENSE.