You can clone the repository wherever you want. The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.
git clone https://github.com/thedersen/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && source bootstrap.sh
To update, cd
into your local dotfiles
repository and then:
source bootstrap.sh
Alternatively, to update while avoiding the confirmation prompt:
set -- -f; source bootstrap.sh
If ~/.extra
exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.
My ~/.extra
looks something like this:
# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
git config --global user.name "thedersen"
git config --global user.email "thedersen@gmail.com"
You could also use ~/.extra
to override settings, functions and aliases from my dotfiles repository. It’s probably better to fork this repository instead, though.
When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible OS X defaults:
./.osx
Remember to change the machine name in the script before running this.
When setting up a new Mac, you may want to install some common Homebrew formulae (after installing Homebrew, of course):
brew bundle ~/Brewfile
You could also install native apps with brew cask
:
brew bundle ~/Caskfile
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Mathias Bynens for the original repository
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@ptb and his OS X Lion Setup repository
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Ben Alman and his dotfiles repository
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Chris Gerke and his tutorial on creating an OS X SOE master image + Insta repository
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Cãtãlin Mariş and his dotfiles repository
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Gianni Chiappetta for sharing his amazing collection of dotfiles
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Jan Moesen and his ancient
.bash_profile
+ shiny tilde repository -
Lauri ‘Lri’ Ranta for sharing loads of hidden preferences
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Matijs Brinkhuis and his dotfiles repository
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Nicolas Gallagher and his dotfiles repository
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Tom Ryder and his dotfiles repository
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Kevin Suttle and his dotfiles repository and OSXDefaults project, which aims to provide better documentation for
~/.osx
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anyone who contributed a patch or made a helpful suggestion