All kudos and credit etc to https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles
You can clone the repository wherever you want. (I like to keep it in ~/Projects/dotfiles, with ~/dotfiles as a symlink.) The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and copy the files to your home folder.
git clone https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles.git && cd dotfiles && source bootstrap.shTo update, cd into your local dotfiles repository and then:
source bootstrap.shAlternatively, to update while avoiding the confirmation prompt:
set -- -f; source bootstrap.shOn Mavericks if you type git in the terminal and it is not installed it will prompt you to install xcode command line tools which exactly want you want for brew.
To install these dotfiles without Git:
cd; curl -#L https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/tarball/master | tar -xzv --strip-components 1 --exclude={README.md,bootstrap.sh,LICENSE-MIT.txt}To update later on, just run that command again.
If ~/.path exists, it will be sourced along with the other files, before any feature testing (such as detecting which version of ls is being used) takes place.
Here’s an example ~/.path file that adds ~/utils to the $PATH:
export PATH="$HOME/utils:$PATH"If ~/.extra exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.
My ~/.extra looks something like this:
# Git credentials
# Not in the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing under my name
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Mathias Bynens"
GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="mathias@mailinator.com"
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
# and since I find typing my password painful for http cloned responsitories
git config --global credential.helper storeYou could also use ~/.extra to override settings, functions and aliases from my dotfiles repository. It’s probably better to fork this repository instead, though.
When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible OS X defaults:
./.osxWhen setting up a new Mac, you may want to install some common Homebrew formulae (after installing Homebrew, of course):
brew bundle ~/BrewfileYou could also install native apps with brew cask:
./.caskSuggestions/improvements welcome!
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@ptb and his OS X Lion Setup repository
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Ben Alman and his dotfiles repository
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Chris Gerke and his tutorial on creating an OS X SOE master image + Insta repository
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Cãtãlin Mariş and his dotfiles repository
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Gianni Chiappetta for sharing his amazing collection of dotfiles
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Jan Moesen and his ancient
.bash_profile+ shiny tilde repository -
Lauri ‘Lri’ Ranta for sharing loads of hidden preferences
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Matijs Brinkhuis and his dotfiles repository
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Nicolas Gallagher and his dotfiles repository
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Tom Ryder and his dotfiles repository
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Kevin Suttle and his dotfiles repository and OSXDefaults project, which aims to provide better documentation for
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anyone who contributed a patch or made a helpful suggestion