ea → dotfiles

This directory contains the dotfiles for my system

1. Clone this repo into you local dotfiles.

# Use SSH (if set up)...
git clone git@github.com:ayala/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

# ...or use HTTPS and switch remotes later.
git clone https://github.com/ayala/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

2. Setup git.

Let's initialize a Git repo for file versioning and push to Github

cd ~/.dotfiles
git init
git add .
git commit -m "stowed"
git remote add origin git@github.com:ayala/.dotfiles.git
git push -u origin main

Requirements

Ensure you have the following installed on your system

git

brew install git

3. Install GNU stow for symlinked configs

stow

brew install stow

Installation

First, check out the dotfiles repo in your $HOME directory using git

$ git clone git@github.com/ayala/dotfiles.git
$ cd .dotfiles

then use GNU stow to create symlinks

$ stow .

info → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6XCebnB9gs&t=54s

TODO List

• Learn how to use defaults to record and restore System Preferences and other macOS configurations.