Dotfiles (Patrick Flor)

My minimal Linux dotfiles.

How to install

$ bash -c "$(curl -fsSL raw.github.com/senorflor/linux-dotfiles/master/bin/dotfiles)"

On a machine to which you have ssh access:

$ ssh some.machine 'bash -c "$(curl -fsSL raw.github.com/senorflor/linux-dotfiles/master/bin/dotfiles)"'

N.B. If you wish to fork this project and maintain your own dotfiles, you must substitute my username for your own in the above command and the 2 variables found at the top of the bin/dotfiles script. If there are permissions problems with the dotfiles linking, try the same command, replacing "master" with "sudo-ln":

$ bash -c "$(curl -fsSL raw.github.com/senorflor/linux-dotfiles/sudo-ln/bin/dotfiles)"

How to update

You should run the update when:

• You make a change to ~/.dotfiles/git/gitconfig (the only file that is copied rather than symlinked).
• You want to pull changes from the remote repository.

Run the dotfiles command:

$ dotfiles

Options:

-h, --help

Help

Features

Custom bash prompt

I use a custom bash prompt based on the Solarized color palette and influenced by @gf3's and @cowboy's custom prompts. For best results, you should install iTerm2 and import Solarized Dark.itermcolors.

When your current working directory is a Git repository, the prompt will display the checked-out branch's name (and failing that, the commit SHA that HEAD is pointing to). The state of the working tree is reflected in the following way:

+	Uncommitted changes in the index
!	Unstaged changes
?	Untracked files
$	Stashed files

Further details are in the bash_prompt file.

Screenshot:

Local and private configurations

Any special-case Vim directives local to a machine should be stored in a .vimrc.local file on that machine. The directives will then be automatically imported into your master .vimrc.

Any private and custom commands should be stored in a ~/.bash_profile.local file. Any commands included in this file will not be under version control or committed to a public repository. If ~/.bash_profile.local exists, it will be sourced for inclusion in bash_profile.

Here is an example ~/.bash_profile.local:

# PATH exports
PATH=$PATH:~/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin
export PATH

# Git credentials
# Not under version control to prevent people from
# accidentally committing with your details
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Patrick Flor"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="florp@example.com"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
# Set the credentials (modifies ~/.gitconfig)
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"

The git/gitconfig file is copied to ~/.gitconfig, so any private git configuration specified in ~/.bash_profile.local will not be committed to your dotfiles repository.

Acknowledgements

Inspiration and code for @necolas's dotfiles, which I have neutered in order to make this repo, was taken from many sources, including:

• @mathiasbynens (Mathias Bynens) https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles
• @tejr (Tom Ryder) https://github.com/tejr/dotfiles
• @gf3 (Gianni Chiappetta) https://github.com/gf3/dotfiles
• @cowboy (Ben Alman) https://github.com/cowboy/dotfiles
• @alrra (Cãtãlin Mariş) https://github.com/alrra/dotfiles