dotfiles-generic

This is a set of configuration files for a bunch of Unix apps I use regularly.

Installation instructions

The way I usually use this is as follows. Change the lines as appropriate for your system.

1. Install Git:

   $ sudo pacman -Syu git

2. Change into your home directory and make a clone of the repository:

   $ cd
   $ git clone https://github.com/tsukasa-au/dotfiles-generic.git .dotfiles

3. Make a backup of any existing files:

   $ mkdir backup
   $ mv .bash* .ssh .vim* .Xresources .xscreensaver .screenrc .pythonrc.py .inputrc .ssh backup

4. Symlink the config files into your home directory:

   $ for f in $(ls -A .dotfiles); do ln -s .dotfiles/$i .; done
   $ rm .hg .hgignore .git .gitignore

You're done now. You probably want to move your ssh keys back into ~/.ssh (which now links to ~/.dotfiles/.ssh), as well as add a few machine specific configs to the bash init scripts.

Create files in ~/.bash called environment_local, interactive_local, etc to do this.

Simplified Installation instructions

To simplify this, you can also just run:

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tsukasa-au/dotfiles-generic/master/git-setup.txt | bash