Jake's dotfiles

Installation

Using Git and the bootstrap script

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/larsonjj/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && source bootstrap.sh

To update, cd into your local dotfiles repository and then:

source bootstrap.sh

Git-free install

To install these dotfiles without Git:

cd; curl -#L https://github.com/larsonjj/dotfiles/tarball/master | tar -xzv --strip-components 1 --exclude={README.md,bootstrap.sh}

To update, just run that command again.

Specify the $PATH

If ~/.path exists, it will be sourced along with the other files, before any feature testing (such as [detecting which version of ls is being used]

Here’s an example ~/.path file that adds ~/utils to the $PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/utils:$PATH"

Add/Overwrite custom commands (No need for a new fork)

If ~/.extras 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. Some Examples (I use the Git Credentials section in my own .extras file):

# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="<Your Name>"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="<Your Email Address>"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"

You could also use ~/.extra to override settings, functions and aliases from my dotfiles repository.

Install Homebrew Settings

When setting up a new Mac, you may want to install some common Homebrew formulae (after installing Homebrew, of course):

sh ~/.brew

Install macOS defaults

When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible defaults (via shell script):

sh ~/.macos

Thanks to…

Mathias Bynens for sharing his awesome collection of dotfiles You are a Gentleman and a Scholar!