My dotfile manager

This repo gathers:

• my collection of configuration files,
• the setup files to install all programs I need,
• the setup script.

Some words about what I needed

I've got a set of configuration files to deploy when configuring a new computer. Some of them are the same whatever the conputer (e.g. vim, git, compton, ...), but some are host-specific.

Concerning host-specific files, what I whant is to build the final file to be deployed based on three files:

• a prefix-file common to all hosts,
• a middle-file depending on the host,
• a post-file common to all hosts.

Both prefix-file and post-file are optional (in case none of them are used, the whole file is host-specific).

How it works

The dotfile manager is based on GNU stow.

Each folder located in config (compton, git, ...) is an application. The applications are divided into those:

• to be deployed for all users (root included),
• to be deployed for non-root-user only.

This is defined in setup.sh.

When deploying an application - let's say i3 -, the application arborescence

~/.dotfiles/config/i3
└── .config
    └── i3

is copied into the home directory.

~
└── .config
    └── i3

Then, all application files are linked into the home directory arborescence

~/.config/i3/config -> ~/.dotfiles/config/i3/config
~/.config/i3/lock.sh -> ~/.dotfiles/config/i3/lock.sh

Usage

Install the dependencies.

$ sudo apt-get install stow

Pull the repository.

$ git clone https://github.com/etienne-monier/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
$ cd $HOME/.dotfiles

Configure the applications to be installed for all users / non-root users in setup.sh.

# Applications for all users (incl. root).
base=(
    'zsh'
    'vim'
)

# Applications for non-root users.
useronly=(
    'git'
    'i3'
    'compton'
    'matplotlib'
    'polybar'
    'rofi'
    'sublime-text'
    'ipython'
    'vim'
    'latexmk'
    'texstudio'
)

Deploy the applications using the setup.sh script.

$ chmod +x setup.sh
$ ./setup.sh

Author and license

These dotfiles are implemented by Etienne Monier and are distributed under the MIT license.