https://github.com/nwalters512/dotfiles

All my dotfiles
https://github.com/nwalters512/dotfiles

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All my dotfiles

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nwalters512/dotfiles
• Owner: nwalters512
• Created: 2016-08-12T04:49:44.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-11T20:54:35.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-10T03:10:52.338Z (27 days ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 22.5 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# dotfiles

This repository exists to track my custom dotfiles. It includes a script to quickly get everything up and running on a new machine. My script does the following:

* Back up any existing dotfiles in your home directory to `~/.dotfiles_old`

* Creates symbolic links to dotfiles in `~/.dotfiles`

* Clones the [`oh-my-zsh`](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) repositofy into `~/.dotfiles

* Attempts to install `zsh` if it is not installed

* Sets `zsh` as the default shell

## Usage

This repository should be cloned to `~/.dotfiles`. Then, run the included `install.sh` script to set everything up.

A nice one-liner to get started quickly:

```

mkdir ~/.dotfiles && cd ~/.dotfiles && git clone https://github.com/nwalters512/dotfiles.git . && chmod +x install.sh && ./install.sh

```

My install script is based on [michaeljsmalley's script](https://github.com/michaeljsmalley/dotfiles/blob/master/makesymlinks.sh), with the minor additions of some code to handle running `install` on a system that's been configured before. If that's the case, the script will tell you when the correct symlinks already exist, if `zsh` is already set as the default shell, etc.