Dotfiles+other useful things

A collection of config files & setup scripts

Setup

Cloned to $HOME/dotfilesp:

Usage: ./setup.sh [-c] [-z] [-d] [-r] [-g] [-b]
        -c      common utilities: vim, tmux, htop, python
        -z      zsh
        -d      dotfiles
        -r      ROS (Indigo/Kinetic)
        -g      Google Chrome
        -b      Beaglebone libraries

Structure

Dotfile linking is handled by scripts/linker.sh, which is set up to enable persistent system-specific configuration overrides without affecting working tree status for shared settings (no messy merging!).

Linking goes something like this:

1. scripts/linker.sh is run from setup.sh
2. Current configuration files (if they exist) are moved to a timestamped directory in ~/dotfilesp/backup/
3. A copy of ~/dotfilesp/template/ is made to ~/dotfilesp/local/
   • these are mostly one-line config files that source the "real" settings stored in ~/dotfilesp/common/
4. Symlinks are made to ~/dotfilesp/local/* from the home directory

Explicitly local changes (usually workspace+environment stuff) can then be made in ~/dotfilesp/local, while global ones are tracked in ~/dotfilesp/common.