My personal dotfiles

Managed with rcm

New macOS machine setup

1. Install XCode from the App Store

2. Generate SSH keys and add them to GitHub

3. Clone this repo

    git clone git@github.com:flybayer/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
   

4. Create .laptop.local link

    ln -s ~/.dotfiles/host-osx/laptop.local ~/.laptop.local
   

5. Download & run thoughtbot's laptop script to install and configure all your apps

6. Set up dotfiles (using rcm)

   1. Link the rcm config only

        rcup -v rcrc
      

   2. Do a dry run to see which files will be symlinked

        lsrc -B osx
      

   3. Link the dotfiles

        rcup -vB osx
      

Set up key remapping

1. In OSX System Preferences, change Caps Lock to Control
2. Karabiner should be configured with mackup below

Restore application settings

If you've already installed the dotfiles with the rcup command listed above, you'll have ~/.mackup.cfg installed. Modify this configuration file to include the applications for which you wish to install preference files [see supported applications or run mackup list]. Install all OS X applications on your list, including your storage engine app (Dropbox by default). There are more options for the mackup configuration file you might want to tinker with. Here are the mackup config docs.

Once you're satisfied your applications are installed, sync their preferences with mackup:

mackup restore

New Linux machine setup

1. Generate SSH keys and add them to GitHub

2. Clone this repo

    git clone git@github.com:flybayer/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
    or
    git clone https://github.com/flybayer/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
   

3. Run setup-linux.sh:

    .dotfiles/host-mts-linux/setup-linux.sh
   

Adding new files to the project

mkrc ~/.filename

Examples:

mkrc ~/.vimrc
mkrc ~/.atom/config.cson  # Nested files also work
mkrc ~/.vim  # And entire directories work too

The specified file will be moved to the ~/.dotfiles directory with the dot prefix removed. The original file will be deleted, then symlinked from ~/.dotfiles back to its original location. It will now stay in sync and be easily managed with source control.