dotfiles

Feb 20, 2016

Readings:

• Unofficial guide: https://dotfiles.github.io/
• Awesome dotfiles: https://github.com/webpro/awesome-dotfiles
• Funny article about how"hidden" or "dot" files was born: a lesson in shortcuts

Implementations:

• oh-my-zsh
  • tons of plugins
• Ryan Bates dotfiles
  • minus - ruby installer, not linked
  • plus - oh-my-zsh customization
• Holman dotfiles
  • custom bash installer, ruby-centric
• YADR
  • cool but difficult to make customize, ruby-centric
• https://github.com/atomantic/dotfiles
  • osx only
• https://github.com/andschwa/dotfiles
  • uses GNU Stow to install files - the files are kept as dotfiles in the repo which is difficult for maintenance
  • see also https://github.com/xero/dotfiles
• https://github.com/jeffaco/msft-dotfiles
  • bash-specific
• https://github.com/ashishb/dotfiles/
  • bash-specific
• https://github.com/dotphiles/dotphiles
  • uses https://github.com/dotphiles/dotsync submodule
• https://github.com/jh3y/kody
  • nodejs
• https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles
  • ruby centric, needs rcm

Ways dotfiles got installed:

• your own script to copy or link dotfiles
  • https://github.com/dotphiles/dotsync
• special program
  • GNU Stow
  • https://github.com/thoughtbot/rcm
  • vcsh & mr
  • Ansible
• use your lang specific software, e.g. rake or nodejs

And here it is, what's best for me - https://github.com/estarter/dotfiles:

• lightweight and self-contained
  • can be installed from zip without internet
  • doesn't require 'extra' software like ruby deps
• sets zsh as default shell + fasd
• brings oh-my-zsh as extra dependency
• works on linux and osx
• includes support for git, docker, maven, jira, python