~/.dotfiles

Dotfiles for Arch-based systems.

Installation

Install required packages

bat eza fzf fd ripgrep zoxide zsh

Cloning and installation

# clone dotfiles as a bare repo
git clone --bare git@github.com:ricalbr/dotfiles.git "$HOME/.dotfiles"

# define helper function for easier commands
function dot() {
   /usr/bin/git --git-dir="$HOME/.dotfiles/" --work-tree="$HOME" "$@"
}

# create backup directory
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config-backup"

# try checkout
if dot checkout 2>/tmp/dotfiles-checkout.log; then
    echo "Checked out config."
else
    echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files..."
    cat /tmp/dotfiles-checkout.log | grep -E "\s+\." | awk '{print $1}' | while read -r file; do
        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$HOME/.config-backup/$file")"
        mv "$HOME/$file" "$HOME/.config-backup/$file"
    done
    dot checkout
fi

# install virtualenv
[ -x "$HOME/.local/bin/install-virtualenv" ] && "$HOME/.local/bin/install-virtualenv"

# initialize submodules
dot submodule sync --recursive                                                                     ~
dot submodule update --init --recursive --force

# hide untracked files (to avoid noise)
dot config status.showUntrackedFiles no

# set zsh as default shell
chsh -s "$(which zsh)"

echo "Installation complete. You may need to restart your terminal."