dotfiles

Usage

First clone this repo into your $HOME

• Cloning and pulling dot files

  git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Jivanam/dotfiles.git
  

  This will clone a repo including its submodules

  To load submodules on a repo that wasn't cloned as above

  cd dotfiles
  git submodule update --init --recursive
  

  Pull all changes in the repo including changes in the submodules

  git pull --recurse-submodules
  

Next, install the zsh shell if not installed or available in your

• Installing zsh shell

  Most of the linux system comes with bash as default shell. Installing zsh shell and using is not complex.

  For example, in debain based Linux one can easily install zsh using apt package manager

  sudo apt install zsh
  

  Whereas on Arch, you can do the same with the pacman

  sudo pacman -S zsh
  

  *On Mac OS, one can use Homebrew to install zsh shell

  brew install zsh
  

  Homebrew link can be found here

Next, create a symlink.

• Creating symlink

  First get the path of the symlink target files/folder

  Run pwd on the target folder

  Symlink format

  ln -nfs [path to the cloned dotfiles folder]/[target filename] [path to where we want to create symlink]/[file name]
  

  For example,

  `ln -nfs /home/$USER/dotfiles/.zshrc /home/$USER/.zshrc`
  

  OR you can use the setup.sh shell script to apply it one go.