dotfiles

My .files optimized for personal needs

WARNING: There is no guarantee that this will work in your environment

Install

Install GNU stow utility:

Linux Debian:

$ sudo apt-get install stow

OSX:

$ brew install stow

OpenBSD:

$ sudo pkg_add stow

Clone this repo into ~/.dotfiles folder:

$ mkdir ~/.dotfiles
$ cd ~/.dotfiles
$ git clone https://github.com/nafigator/dotfiles.git .

Backup your previous dotfiles:

$ cd && mkdir .dotfiles.bkp
$ mv .profile .bashrc .bash_aliases .bash_logout .gitconfig .gitignore .dotfiles.bkp

Then use stow utility to create symlinks:

$ stow bash
$ stow git
$ . ~/.profile

SSH section workflow:

Save config changes

cd ssh/.ssh
# gpg --output config.gpg --encrypt --recipient <email> config
gpg -o config.gpg -e -r <email> config
git commit && git push

Load config changes

git pull
cd ssh/.ssh
# gpg --output config --decrypt config.gpg
gpg -o config -d config.gpg

MC section workflow:

Ignore local ini changes

git update-index --assume-unchanged mc/.config/mc/ini