dotfiles

DOTFILES

History

I started collecting the configuration of my Linux home directory in 2005, before dotfiles became a common term and collected as a repo, so I named mine shell/ and used that for years, and finally decided to follow convention and renamed it in June 2024.

I continue to refine both its structure and the files inside, sometimes imperfectly.

Requirements

• Files are setup for bash primarily, whether run on Linux, Mac, or Windows.
• On Windows, pyreadline3 is suggested for full Python-shell setup.
• Look at corresponding bin repository that the ${PATH} setup looks for.

Setup

1. Clone the repo in a place that’s easily managed (maybe with other repos, or on a network if in a setup where multiple computers might use it.
2. Run setup.sh, which will:
   1. Set the ${DOTFILES_LOC} variable to the repo location
   2. Symlink the necessary bash files in ${HOME}
   3. Symlink Microsoft App Installer (winget) and Microsoft Terminal settings to the repo (if they exist)

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