The bootstrap.sh script will save a copy of your existing dotfiles in ~/.dotfiles_old. However, if you want to give these dotfiles a try, you should first review the code and remove things you don’t want or need.

The script will install oh-my-zsh and will create a conda environment for neovim if conda is installed. If you do not use conda you have to install the required packages manually in order to use neovim. (see neovim.yml). For a list of (neo)vim plugins have a look at my init.vim.

For conda, it is assumed that you have set up miniconda under ~/.miniconda3.

At the first time you open neovim after the installation you have to do a :PlugInstall followed by a :UpdateRemotePlugins. This will install and register all vim plugins defined in my init.vim.

For the vim-devicons plugin to work properly, you have to install a patched font from nerd-fonts.

You can clone the repository wherever you want (I like to keep it in ~/.dotfiles). The bootstrapper script will pull in the latest version and create symlinks from the home directory to any dotfiles in ~/.dotfiles.

git clone https://github.com/tlimbacher/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles && cd ~/.dotfiles && ./bootstrap.sh

To update, cd into your local dotfiles repository and then:

./bootstrap.sh

Alternatively, to update while avoiding that the conda environment is being updated:

git pull origin master

If ~/.extra exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands or to add commands you don't want to commit to a public repository.

My ~/.extra looks something like this:

# Git credentials
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Thomas Limbacher"
git config --global user.name "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="user@domain.com"
git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"

Suggestions/improvements welcome!