Dotify

Setup your dotfiles like a sane person. With a Dotfile:

ackrc     -> .ackrc
gitconfig -> .gitconfig
tmux.conf -> .tmux.conf

if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
  powconfig -> .powconfig
fi

Dotfiles are basically fancy bash shell scripts which are executed via Dotify.

Overview

Setup

Let's say you've got a git repo somewhere in which you keep your dotfiles. And lets say that repo looks something like this:

.
├── dotify
├── Dotfile
├── hosts
│   └── mordor
│       ├── Dotfile
│       └── gitconfig
├── irbrc
└── tmux.conf

The dotify file is Dotify's main executable, which is a small self-contained bash script. It doesn't need to be included in your dotfiles, but it doesn't hurt.

The Dotfile in the root looks like this:

irbrc     -> .irbrc
tmux.conf -> .tmux.conf

if [ -f "hosts/$(hostname)/Dotfile" ]; then
  include "hosts/$(hostname)"
fi

And hosts/mordor/Dotfile like this:

gitconfig -> .gitconfig

Running

Now let's say your machine's hostname is mordor, and you've cloned your dotfiles repo to ~/src/dotfiles. If you were to cd into your dotfiles and run ./dotify install, you'll end up with a home folder like this:

.
├── .dotfiles -> /home/jimeh/src/dotfiles
├── .gitconfig -> .dotfiles/hosts/mordor/gitconfig
├── .irbrc -> .dotfiles/irbrc
├── .tmux.conf -> .dotfiles/tmux.conf
└── src