hastinbe / dotfiles

Config files and scripts for Bash, Vim, Git and other Linux software

Dotfiles

These dotfiles are mine and you should not install them yourself - but feel free to copy any bits you find useful.

If you want to use them all, I suggest forking the Alberon dotfiles instead - see the instructions in that repo.

Installing

Installing on Linux

You need to have git and wget installed - e.g. sudo apt-get install git wget or sudo yum install git wget.

cd
wget alberon.uk/cfg
. cfg

That's it. (See https://alberon.uk/cfg for the script source - don't execute scripts from the internet without knowing what they do!)

Installing on Windows:

Install the Fixedsys Excelsior Mono font (which is the regular Fixedsys font plus unicode characters).

Install Cygwin - select any local mirror (e.g. mirrorservice.org for UK), and when prompted add these packages:

• git
• vim
• wget

Tip: Click the "View" button in the top-right corner to select "Full" mode, then use the search box.

Once it's installed, run Cygwin Terminal and run this to set the same home directory in Cygwin and Windows:

cd /
mv $HOME $HOME.bak && ln -s "$(cygpath "$USERPROFILE")" $HOME

Then install dotfiles as above:

cd
wget alberon.uk/cfg
. cfg

Close and re-open Cygwin Terminal to reload the configuration. (Note: When testing I had to reload it twice before it picked up the changed font.)

Then run this to install some additional useful packages:

apt-cyg install bash-completion bind-utils curl dos2unix git-completion less links ncurses tmux tree whois

Installing on Git for Windows (formerly mSysGit):

I don't recommend Git for Windows any more, but it should still work:

cd
curl alberon.uk/cfg > cfg
. cfg

Upgrading

When you log in, a maximum of once per day, dotfiles will automatically check for and install any updates.

To upgrade manually, run cfg pull (or, equivalently, cd; git pull).

Bash aliases

I'm lazy so I have a lot of Bash aliases and short commands - here are the most useful ones:

Alias	Expansion	Comments
c	cd && ls	Change directory then list files
u	cd ..	Go Up
uu	cd ../..	Repeat u up to 6 times to go up 6 levels
b	cd -	Go Back
cg	cd <git root>	Go to Git repository root
cw	cd $www_dir	Go to WWW root - set in ~/.bashrc_config
cwc	cd wp-content/	Go to WordPress content directory
cwp	cd wp-content/plugins/	Go to WordPress plugins directory
cwt	cd wp-content/themes/<theme>/	Go to WordPress theme directory
l	ls -l
la	ls -lA	List with hidden files (except . and ..)
lsa	ls -A
md	mkdir && cd
g	git	See below for a list of Git aliases
e	vim	Editor
xe	vim && chmod +x	Create new executable file and edit it
v	vagrant
art	php artisan	For Laravel (searches parent directories too)
sf	./symfony	For Symfony (searches parent directories too)
t	find scripts/ -type f	Searches parent directories too
t -h	mdview scripts/README.md	Searches parent directories too
t <name>	scripts/<name>.sh (or other extension)	Searches parent directories too
pu	vendor/bin/phpunit or phpunit (global)	Searches parent directories too
redis	redis-cli
s	sudo
se	sudo vim
sl	sudo ls
agi	sudo apt-get install
agr	sudo apt-get remove
agar	sudo apt-get autoremove
agu	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
acs	apt-cache search
acsh	apt-cache show
dus	du -sh	Also sorts files/directories by size
pow	sudo poweroff
reload	exec bash -l	Run this after modifying any Bash config file

Note: Expansions are simplified in the list above - e.g. l is actually aliased to ls -hFl --color=always --hide=*.pyc --hide=*.sublime-workspace on Linux or LSCOLORS=ExGxFxDaCaDaDahbaDacec ls -hFlG on Mac.

Git aliases

Combined with the g alias above, these make easy to type Git commands, e.g. g s instead of git status:

Alias	Expansion	Comments
s	status
a	add -A	Adds and removes files
d	diff
dc	diff --cached	Shows diff for staged files
c	commit -m	e.g. g c "Commit message"
amend	commit --amend --no-edit	Modify the previous commit, keep the same message
edit	commit --amend	Modify the previous commit, edit the message
l	log --name-status	Includes list of modified files
l1	log --name-status --pretty=...	Single-line format
lg	log --graph
lg1	log --graph --pretty=...	Single-line format
ll	log	Without list of modified files
lp	log --patch	Displays diff with each log entry
lpw	log --patch --ignore-all-space	Displays diff excluding whitespace changes
in	log origin/master..	Lists commits incoming from the default remote
io	log --left-right origin/master..HEAD	Lists commits incoming & outgoing to the default remote
out	log ..origin/master	Lists commits outgoing to the default remote
f	fetch
p	push
pt	push --tags
pu	push -u origin HEAD	Push and set upstream
b	branch
ba	branch -a
co	checkout
g	grep
g3	grep --context=3	Also g6 and g9
gi	grep --ignore-case
gi3	grep --ignore-case --context=3	Also gi6 and gi9
todo	grep 'TODO|XXX|FIXME'
cls	grep -i "class\s\+$1\b"	Search for class definition
fun	grep -i "function\s\+$1\b"	Search for function definition
cp	cherry-pick
m	merge
mt	mergetool
sub	submodule
sync	submodule sync; submodule update --init
files	`ls-files	grep`

Vagrant shortcuts

Combined with the v alias above, these make easy to type Vagrant commands, e.g. v s instead of vagrant status:

Alias	Expansion	Comments
s	status
gs	global-status
u	up
p	provision
d/down	suspend
bu	box update
rebuild	destroy && box update && up
hosts	hostmanager	Update /etc/hosts files
x/exec	ssh -c "cd /vagrant; $*"	Run a command on the guest machine without opening Bash
h/tmux	`ssh -- -t 'tmux attach
uh	up && tmux

Note: Since Vagrant doesn't really support aliases, this is actually a Bash function sitting in front of the real Vagrant.

Automatic sudo

These commands will automatically be prefixed with sudo:

• a2dismod
• a2enmod
• addgroup
• adduser
• dpkg-reconfigure
• groupadd
• groupdel
• groupmod
• php5dismod
• php5enmod
• poweroff
• reboot
• service
• shutdown
• useradd
• userdel
• usermod

Script runner (t command)

The t command makes it easy to run scripts specific to a project (or anywhere really). First, create a scripts/ directory in the project root. For example:

repo/
├── ...
└── scripts/
    ├── download/
    │   ├── live.sh
    │   └── staging.sh
    └── push.sh

To run these three scripts, you would normally type:

scripts/download/live.sh
scripts/download/staging.sh
scripts/push.sh

But using the t command this is simplified to:

t download live
t download staging
t push

Note that the file extension is not required (it can be any extension - e.g. .sh/.php - or no extension), and files in subdirectories become subcommands. It will automatically search up the directory tree, if you are in a subdirectory of the project - in that case it's equivalent to ../../scripts/push.sh (for example).

You can also:

• Type t <name> [args...] to run a script with arguments
• Type t alone to list all the scripts available
• Type t <dir> to list all the scripts in a subdirectory (e.g. t download)
• Type t -h (for help) to display the contents of the scripts/README.md file (which will be syntax-highlighted if Node.js is installed)
• Type t <dir> -h to display the contents of scripts/<dir>/README.md
• Use tab-completion (e.g. t d<tab> s<tab> is 7 keys instead of 18)

Supported operating systems

These scripts have been tested on various platforms at various times:

• Linux - Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS
• Windows - Cygwin, Git for Windows
• Mac OS X

However, I no longer use Git for Windows or Mac OS X, so there could be bugs.