# dotfiles

Here’s my dotfiles, inspired by people like Mathias. See his dotfiles at
`[https://github.com/mathias/dotfiles](https://github.com/mathias/dotfiles)`.

The idea I’m currently going down is to create a symlink from `$HOME` to this
directory. There is one exception to this, the `.gitconfig` file. This derives
from not wanting anyone to accidentally commiting as me to git, that would
however require people to use this repo, unlikely. So my git credentials are
stored in a `.extra` file which gets sourced. This then calls the relavent git
command, which causes git to edit `$HOME/.gitconfig`. If that file was a symlink
to this repo, then the repo would see the file as edited and the repo would then
be in a dirty state, permanently.

## Usage

First clone the repo. Then run `./boostrap.sh`, this will create all the
necessary symlinks. This is a *destructive* process, so backup your dotfiles
first.