Quickstart

git clone [email protected]:smvoss/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
pushd ~/.dotfiles
chmod +x bootstrap
# Install the dotfiles by symlinking into correct location
./bootstrap --symlink
popd

Installation options

Certain options may be provided as comments at the top of dotfiles. These options and their uses are as follows:

Option Name	Description	Usage
install-dir	Location to install dotfile. Will default to $HOME	install-dir /path/to/file
hidden	Whether the file should be created as a hidden file	hidden <true | false>

Example: fzf plugin

fzf plugins go in a subfolder, ~/.fzf, and should be installed as such. This can be achieved by specifying the install-dir option in the file:

# Dotfile bootstrap arguments
#   install-dir $HOME/.fzf/shell

Ignored files and folders

Not everything should be installed, so a blacklist is created. The default blacklist can be found in the bootstrap, defined as an array named IGNORE.

This default blacklist will not cover everything you may not want to install when using dotfile-bootstrap as a submodule, so a file bs_ignore.json may be provided. This file must exist in the directory bootstrap is called from (which is currently restricted to the root of the repository).

This file must be an array of files and folders to be exempt. An example (shown below) will ignore a folder named configs, which could be used for bootstrap configs so they do not get installed.

[
  "configs/*"
]

Custom install configurations

Custom configurations may be created with json files (and passed in with -c, --config) which allow groups of files to be ignored for certain setups.

Example for servers, skipping files only needed when a graphical interface is being used:

{
  "no_install_file": [
    "xorg/xinitrc"
  ],
  "no_install_folder": [
    "i3",
    "polybar"
  ]
}