You can clone the repository wherever you want (I like to keep it in ~/.dotfiles
). The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/alexisvincent/dotfiles.git .dotfiles
cd .dotfiles
source bootstrap.sh
To update, cd
into your local dotfiles
repository and then:
source bootstrap.sh
# Download oh-my-zsh (It will update itself)
git clone git://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh
# Download Dein Plugin Manager (It will manage itself)
git clone https://github.com/Shougo/dein.vim ~/.vim/bundle/repos/github.com/Shougo/dein.vim
Find your font at https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts and download
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.
My ~/.extra
looks something like this:
# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Alexis Vincent"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="[email protected]"
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. It’s probably better to fork this repository instead, though.