dotfiles is a tool to manage your dot-files symlinks in homedir.

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Binaries
  • Via Go
• Usage
• Example Configuration File
• Configuration Options

For installation instructions from binaries please visit the Releases Page.

$ go get github.com/juli3nk/dotfiles

$ dotfiles -h
Usage of bin/dotfiles:
  -dry-run
        don't modify anything, just print commands
  -force
        overwrite existing files
  -list
        list currently managed dotfiles
  -name string
        name of dotfiles repo (default "Dotfiles")
  -profile string
        name of the profile to use
  -sync
        update dotfile symlink
  -version
        print version and exit

Create a configuration file .dotfiles.yml inside your dot-files repository.

---
common:
  dirs:
    - name: '.config'
    - name: '.shell_custom.d'
  ignore:
    - '.git'
    - '.gitignore'
    - 'README.md'
    - '.config'
    - '.shell_custom.d'

templates:
  template1:
    ignore:
      - '.i3'
      - '.Xresources'

profiles:
  me:
    links:
      - '.config/terminator'
      - '.shell_custom.d/dockerfunc.sh'
  nox:
    include:
      - 'template1'

Configurations common to all profiles.

Allows to create redundant configurations to be included in profiles.

Create directory in your home dir.

Create symlink for specific file.

Ignore the soft link creation.

Include template in a profile.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.