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This repository contains my home directory setup, including many scripts and configuration files built up over years. I decided to make it public in order to share it with colleagues and others who might be interested.

Licensed under the UNLICENSE.

Other than git and a few helper scripts, there's no tool I used to "manage" my dotfiles. Namely, my home directory is a git clone. That is, $HOME/.git exists. So to set up my dotfiles on a new machine, I usually do something like this:

mkdir -p tmp/old
mv .bashrc .bash_profile other things tmp/old
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/casmith/dotfiles
git pull origin master --ff-only
git branch --set-upstream-to origin/main main
chmod 0600 "$HOME/.ssh/config"

Note that some files in this repository, such as my SSH configuration, are encrypted. Some secrets are stored in .secret and sourced in my .zshrc. For more on how the encryption works, check out https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt.

In general, I'm making this public for the purposes of edification and easy sharing. It is not a goal for this setup to be used and supported by others. With that said, small fixes to existing scripts or suggestions on how to improve my setup are welcome.

I may occasionally rewrite history of this repository and force push. This may occur if I discover that I have accidentally published sensitive information.

I drew much inspiration for this from https://github.com/BurntSushi/dotfiles