First, fork this repo on Github.
Then, clone your Github fork (replace "your-github-name" with your Github name) onto your laptop and install it:
git clone [email protected]:your-github-name/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
./install.sh
This will create symlinks for all config files in your home directory. You can safely run this file multiple times to update.
There is configuration for zsh so switch your shell from the default bash to zsh on OS X:
chsh -s /bin/zsh
dotfiles are fairly personal. You should be able to modify your dotfiles, and save them in version control in your fork.
However, the thoughtbot folks are often tweaking these dotfiles and you want to be able to get those updates.
So, your master branch is meant for your customizations and use the upstream branch to get thoughtbot's updates.
You only have to do this once:
git remote add upstream [email protected]:thoughtbot/dotfiles.git
git fetch upstream
git checkout -b upstream upstream/master
Each time you want to update:
git checkout upstream
git pull
git checkout master
git rebase upstream