My .dotfiles

These are heavily influenced by Mathias Bynens (https://mths.be/dotfiles) excellent dotfiles repository.

Installation

You can clone the repository wherever you want. (I like to keep it in ~/Projects/dotfiles, with ~/dotfiles as a symlink.) The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.

git clone https://github.com/benripley/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && source bash/bootstrap.sh

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

source bash/bootstrap.sh

Alternatively, to update while avoiding the confirmation prompt:

set -- -f; source bash/bootstrap.sh

To update later on, 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) takes place.

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

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

Add custom commands without creating a new fork

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.

Sensible OS X defaults

When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible OS X defaults. Also this will setup the Solarized Dark theme for Terminal, iTerm, and Sublime.

./osx/.osx

Install Homebrew formulae and Casks

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

./brew/brew.sh

I've also configured some Casks that I find useful everyday.

./brew/brew-cask.sh