My .dotfiles

• .config/: config files that don't need to live in $HOME
  • bash/: bash shell specific
    • all.bash: sources all other files here
    • plugins.bash: sources extra bash plugins
    • prompt.bash: sets bash prompt
    • settings.bash: sets bash-specific settings
  • shell/: shell agnostic common startup scripts
    • aliases.sh: shell aliases
    • all.sh: sources all other files here
    • env: sets environment variables
    • functions: defines shell functions
  • zsh/: zsh shell specific
    • all.zsh: sources all other files here
    • plugins.zsh: sources extra zsh plugins
    • prompt.zsh: sets zsh prompt
    • settings.zsh: sets zsh-specific settings
  • starship.toml: Starship shell prompt config
• .local/bin/: custom shell scripts added to the $PATH
  • install-starship: Starship prompt installer
• .bash_profile: sourced for login interactive bash
• .bashrc: sourced for non-login interactive bash
• .gitconfig: global git aliases and configs
• .gitignore_global: global generic gitignore
• .pythonrc.py: sourced for interactive Python REPL
• .tmux.conf: tmux configuration
• .vimrc: vim configuration
• .zshrc: sourced for non-login interactive zsh
• README.md: this file

Setup on existing machines

Get prerequisites:

apt update -y && apt install -y git curl

Setup using the setup-dotfiles convenience script:

eval "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/palotasb/dotfiles/master/.local/bin/setup-dotfiles)"

Initial setup

git init $HOME/.dotfiles
alias config="git --work-tree $HOME --git-dir $HOME/.dotfiles/.git"

Local overrides initial setup

git init $HOME/.dotfiles-local
alias config-local="git --work-tree $HOME --git-dir $HOME/.dotfiles-local/.git"
config-local config status.showUntrackedFiles no

References

• Ask HN: What do you use to manage dotfiles?
• The best way to store your dotfiles: A bare Git repository