.dotfiles

Overview

These are my dotfiles for use on arch and ubuntu based linux distributions. It includes:

• neovim (submodule)
• zsh (submodule)
• i3 (submodule)
• alacritty
• tmux
• rofi
• git
• glow
• personal scripts

Setup

1. Clone the repo

cd ~

git clone --bare git@github.com:gabrielforster/dotfiles.git .dotfiles

2. Include the dotfiles alias in .bashrc / .zshrc

echo alias dotfiles=\"git --git-dir='$HOME'/.dotfiles --work-tree='$HOME'\" >> .bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

Avoid tracking files not in the repo.

dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no

Move the files to their locations.

dotfiles checkout

3. Install the submodules

cd ~/.config/nvim && dotfiles submodule update

cd ~/.config/zsh && dotfiles submodule update

cd ~/.config/i3 && dotfiles submodule update

Usage

Once setup, useful commands include:

dotfiles status
dotfiles add <filename> # to add dotfiles changes
dotfiles add -u # to add unstaged files