My dotfiles.
- Git (1.7+)
- Vim (7.3+)
This will create symlinks for most of the files and the vim
directory. The
.gitconfig
file is copied to the HOME directory so that any private git
configuration taking place in ~/.extra
is not accidentally committed.
git clone git://github.com/ericbuckley/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
bash install.sh
N.B. This will overwrite any existing dotfiles in your HOME and .vim
directories that have the same names as those found in this repository.
This must be done whenever you make a change to .gitconfig
or pull from the
remote repo.
cd ~/.dotfiles
bash install.sh
Any special-case vim directives local to a machine should be stored in a
.vimrc.local
file on that machine. The directives will then be automatically
imported into your master .vimrc
.
If you want to add more git submodules, e.g. vim plugins to be managed by pathogen, then follow these steps while in the root of the superproject.
# Add the new submodule
git submodule add git://example.com/remote/path/to/repo.git vim/bundle/one-submodule
# Initialize the submodule
git submodule init
# Clone the submodule
git submodule update
# Stage the changes
git add vim/bundle/one-submodule
# Commit the changes
git commit -m "Add a new submodule: one-submodule"
Updating individual submodules within the superproject:
# Change to the submodule directory
cd vim/bundle/one-submodule
# Checkout the desired branch (of the submodule)
git checkout master
# Pull from the tip of master (of the submodule - could be any sha or pointer)
git pull origin master
# Go back to main dotfiles repo root
cd ../../..
# Stage the submodule changes
git add vim/bundle/one-submodule
# Commit the submodule changes
git commit -m "Update submodule 'one-submodule' to the latest version"
# Push to a remote repository
git push origin master
Now, if anyone updates their local repository from the remote repository, then
using git submodule update
will update the submodules (that have been
initialized) in their local repository. N.B This will wipe away any local
changes made to those submodules.
Inspiration and code was taken from many sources, including:
- [@necolas](https://github.com/necolas (Nicolas Gallagher) [https://github.com/necolas/dotfiles] (https://github.com/necolas/dotfiles)
- @mathiasbynens (Mathias Bynens) https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles
- @tejr (Tom Ryder) https://github.com/tejr/dotfiles
- @gf3 (Gianni Chiappetta) https://github.com/gf3/dotfiles
- @cowboy (Ben Alman) https://github.com/cowboy/dotfiles