.dotfiles

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

• Abraham Lincoln I guess.

Do it:

1. cd ~
2. git clone git@github.com:toakleaf/.dotfiles.git
3. cd .dotfiles
4. source link.sh

Change it/Add new dotfiles:

Anything file dropped in /links/, VSCode/, or .config/ will get symlinked to ~/ when you execute link.sh.

Any existing symlinks will get overwritten.

Any existing files will get copied in place with date stamps and replaced with symlink.

Setup a new computer:

Run source mac_init.sh to set system defaults.

Run source brew_init.sh to install apps (via brew and cask).

Run source mac_update.sh to update apps in brew/npm/app store

Other Stuff

• reload zsh source ~/.zshrc
• change node versions nvm install [whole number of version for latest]
• code save-ext will output your extensions to file

Install Node properly

1. Install Node.js from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
2. Update to the latest version of npm npm install npm -g
3. Make a new folder for the npm global packages mkdir ~/.npm-packages
4. Tell npm where to find/store them npm config set prefix ~/.npm-packages
5. Verify the install node -v & npm -v