Dotfiles

Get Ready

git clone https://github.com/michaelsilver/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles

To install my settings:

Regardless of what dotfiles you choose to install, your old versions will be automatically moved to ~/dotfiles-old

To install all my dotfiles:

chmod +x ./setup.sh
./setup.sh

To install select dotfiles:

./setup.sh <dotfile1> <dotfile2> <...>

Ex: want to install emacs & bashrc?

./setup.sh emacs bashrc

To use my framework:

First delete everything other than addfile.sh and setup.sh. Then add whatever dotefiles from ~ you want GitHub to track using

./addfile.sh filename-without-dot-at-beginning

Ex: want GitHub to track ~/.emacs:

./addfile.sh emacs
git commit -m "added my dotfiles" emacs && git push

And there you go, up on GitHub. Note addfile can take any number of filenames, e.g.

./addfile.sh emacs bashrc vimrc  # acts on all three

To install your dotfiles on another machine, follow the instructions under "To install my settings" only cloning and using your fork of the repo rather than mine.

Add-ons

To install Git-Autocomplete:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash -o ~/.git-completion.bash

If you later encounter an error like:

Unknown option: --list-cmds=list-mainporcelain,others,nohelpers,alias,list-complete,config
usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c name=value]
           [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
           [-p | --paginate | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
           <command> [<args>]

Then you probably have an older version of git installed. Remove the ~/.git-completion.bash file and download an older version of Git-Autocomplete:

rm ~/.git-completion.bash
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/v2.17.1/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash -o ~/.git-completion.bash

To intall extention to show the current Git Branch:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh -o ~/.git-prompt.sh

My .bashrc automatically sees these files, and upon refresh of the prompt, you can begin enjoying these features. Cudos to Code Worrier for the instructions (autocompletion) (git branch).

Credits

Install script roughly based on this tutorial. bashrc based on Amit Bansil's.

Also, thank you to Geoff Greer for his useful LSCOLORS Generator.