~/.dotfiles

dotfiles

Installation

Using GNU Stow:

git clone https://github.com/bdossantos/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
make install

Uninstallation

cd ~/.dotfiles
make uninstall

Mac setup

Sensible OS X defaults

When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible OS X defaults:

su - admin -c "env PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin/ bash -x $HOME/.dotfiles/.macos"
su - admin -c "env PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin/ bash -x $HOME/.dotfiles/.macos_hardening"

Install Homebrew Formulae/Native apps

make run-brew

Bash

Installation

chsh -s "$(brew --prefix)/bin/bash"
exec $SHELL

Choosing between .bashrc, .profile, .bash_profile, etc [...]

• ~/.bash_profile should be super-simple and just load ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc (in that order)
• ~/.profile has the stuff NOT specifically related to bash, such as environment variables (PATH and friends)
• ~/.bashrc has anything you'd want at an interactive command line. Command prompt, EDITOR variable, bash aliases for my use

A few other notes:

• Anything that should be available to graphical applications OR to sh (or bash invoked as sh) MUST be in ~/.profile
• ~/.bashrc must not output anything
• Anything that should be available only to login shells should go in ~/.profile
• Ensure that ~/.bash_login does not exist.

See also https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Startup-Files.html