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# dotfiles
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2016-05-13 12:46:09 +01:00
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Here’s my dotfiles, inspired by people like Mathias. See his dotfiles at
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2016-05-13 12:55:30 +01:00
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[`https://github.com/mathias/dotfiles`](https://github.com/mathias/dotfiles).
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2016-05-13 12:46:09 +01:00
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The idea I’m currently going down is to create a symlink from `$HOME` to this
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directory. There is one exception to this, the `.gitconfig` file. This derives
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from not wanting anyone to accidentally commiting as me to git, that would
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however require people to use this repo, unlikely. So my git credentials are
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stored in a `.extra` file which gets sourced. This then calls the relavent git
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command, which causes git to edit `$HOME/.gitconfig`. If that file was a symlink
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to this repo, then the repo would see the file as edited and the repo would then
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be in a dirty state, permanently.
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## Usage
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First clone the repo. Then run `./boostrap.sh`, this will create all the
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necessary symlinks. This is a **destructive** process, so backup your dotfiles
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first.
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