Dotfiles

###First Time Setup See -> Setup Guide

Uses Rakefile to delegate tasks including installing all dependencies [Homebrew, rbenv, pow, npm, prezto fork etc.]

Great if you are starting from scratch and have nothing installed the rake tasks can automate that process.

My Preferred method -> Idempotent $ ./install script

Installs Symlinks After cloning this repo, run $ ./install to automatically set up the development environment. Note that the install script is idempotent: it can safely be run multiple times.

This Dotfiles Repository uses Dotbot for installation.

Afteradding dotbot for streamlining symlinking dotfiles. I used to rely heavily on Rake but the Rakefile is not optimized to be re-used like Dotbot. Rake offers a multitude of tasks/multitasks but it is easier for me to just clone the repo and $ ./install which has helped me keep both of my Macs in synchronization and optimized for development.

A small bit of frusteration I had when configuring Dotbot was dealing with white-case significant YAML files... for that reason I may rewrite the script in JSON which is another valid format for Dotbot that I may rewrite in at some point. But after the frustration of configuring the YAML file it works, just watch out for that whitespace!

The reward for maintaing a organized dotfile repository is being in sync with your custom settings wherever you are just a git clone and $ ./install command away from development bliss.

Troubleshooting Prezto Install

On occassion the Prezto configuration can load but not be linked properly. Just copy and paste this snippet if you do have a problem loading the shell theme.

    setopt EXTENDED_GLOB
    for rcfile in "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"/.zprezto/runcoms/^README.md(.N); do
      ln -s "$rcfile" "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.${rcfile:t}"
    done

Making Local Customizations

You can make local customizations for some programs by editing these files:

• vim : ~/.vimrc_local
• zsh : ~/.zshrc_local_before run before .zshrc
• zsh : ~/.zshrc_local_after run after .zshrc
• git : ~/.gitconfig_local
• hg : ~/.hgrc_local
• tmux : ~/.tmux_local.conf

What's it Look Like?

Welcome to Gotham City

Tmux Preview

Heres What else I have Stashed So Far

• ZSH Shell with Pure Theme
• Prezto Fork (Perfect for OSX users)
• Git Custom Aliases
• Ag (Ack interchangeable)
• Homebrew
• iTerm2 (colors)
• Tmux configuration
• OS X Settings
• rbenv
• Sublime Text
• Vim
• Ultisnips

Inspirational Dotfiles

1. drewbarontini/dotfiles

2. nicknisi/dotfiles

3. josemota/dotfiles

4. skwp/dotfiles