Install

Your dotfiles are personal. Fork this repo on Github, and then get it on your computer.

git clone [email protected]:#{you}/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles

Then edit the gitconfig and other files with your own preferences. Then when you're done, save these config (that's why you forked the repo).

git commit -am "My identity in the gitconfig"
git push origin master

Now you can run the install script. It will not override existing config files, just rename them as #{file}.backup.

./install.sh

There is configuration for zsh so switch your shell from the default bash to zsh on OS X:

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Customization

You will want to customize your environment.

For example, to customize your zsh config, make your changes in ~/.zshenv:

# Me
export EMAIL=__________________

# Amazon credentials
export AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY=________________________
export AMAZON_SECRET_KEY=_______________________

You can set up your aliases in ~/.aliases, they will be loaded up automatically. For example:

alias rtest='bundle exec rake test && bundle exec rake spec && open coverage/index.html'

alias bi='bundle install'
alias be='bundle exec'

Staying up to date

You can add this repo as a remote if you want to keep your fork synchronized with ssaunier/dotfiles's changes.

git remote add upstream [email protected]:ssaunier/dotfiles.git

Once your remote is there and you want to get all the last stuff, run

git fetch upstream
git checkout master
git merge upstream/master
git push origin master

Readme based on https://raw.github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles/master/README.md