You can clone the repository wherever you want. The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.
git clone https://github.com/larsonjj/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && source bootstrap.shTo update, cd into your local dotfiles repository and then:
source bootstrap.shTo install these dotfiles without Git:
cd; curl -#L https://github.com/larsonjj/dotfiles/tarball/master | tar -xzv --strip-components 1 --exclude={README.md,bootstrap.sh}To update, just run that command again.
If ~/.path exists, it will be sourced along with the other files, before any feature testing (such as [detecting which version of ls is being used]
Here’s an example ~/.path file that adds ~/utils to the $PATH:
export PATH="$HOME/utils:$PATH"If ~/.extras exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.
Some Examples (I use the Git Credentials section in my own .extras file):
# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="<Your Name>"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="<Your Email Address>"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$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.
When setting up a new Mac, you may want to install some common Homebrew formulae (after installing Homebrew, of course):
sh ~/.brewWhen setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible defaults (via shell script):
sh ~/.macosMathias Bynens for sharing his awesome collection of dotfiles You are a Gentleman and a Scholar!