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| author | Florian Fischer <florian.fl.fischer@fau.de> | 2016-07-29 20:06:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Fischer <florian.fl.fischer@fau.de> | 2016-07-29 21:44:23 +0200 |
| commit | db211c7f310a5de18c7803a1ebfbb7ab2b1e3f0d (patch) | |
| tree | 01459134ef2b03b3c5191d61f9243c8bb1d169a5 /README.md | |
| parent | e382c9379e58e4ab12814115e344d1eb96a855e0 (diff) | |
| download | dotfiles-db211c7f310a5de18c7803a1ebfbb7ab2b1e3f0d.tar.gz dotfiles-db211c7f310a5de18c7803a1ebfbb7ab2b1e3f0d.zip | |
make my dotfiles location independent
This is achieved by storing the absolute path to the dotfile directory in the
variable $DOTFILES_LOCATION. And change every hardcoded location into the
dotfiles with this var.
The Variable $DOTFILES_LOCATION populated with the output of
get_dotfiles_location.sh at 3 places: 1) config.fish | zshrc
2) xinitrc (should be allready exported)
get_dotfiles_location uses the assumption that it is symlinked into the dotfiles
directory.
offlineimap: * include patch for offlineimap
* change config to the small one
* include environment file in systemd unit
setup.py: * handle offlineimap situation
* print a warning and prompt for proceeding
* write the environment file for the systemd unit
* add pseudo dependency (get_dotfiles_location)
to [fish-config, offlineimap, i3]
* print errors on stderr
* don't exit if a function fails
config.fish: * export $DOTFILES_LOCATION
* change hardcoded links
* add perl tools to path
* export some yaourt specific vars if yaourt is available
zshrc: export $DOTFILES_LOCATION
xinitrc: export $DOTFILES_LOCATION
i3/*: change hardcoded links
scripts/* change hardcoded links
README.md: mention $DOTFILES_LOCATION
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 27 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -2,7 +2,26 @@ --- ## Installation -Some scripts use a hardcoded location so please locate the dotfile repo -at $HOME/.dotfiles. -To do this run -```git clone https://github.com/fischerling/dotfiles $HOME/.dotfiles```. + +For some scripts/snippets you don't know where they will be executed. +Whenever a absolute path into the dotfile directory is needed the environment +variable `DOTFILES_LOCATION` is used. + +The variable is exported in zshrc or config.fish or xinitrc. +If you don't set it that way, please remember to export `DOTFILES_LOCATION` +somewhere else. + +Good places are: + ++ shell configs ++ at session start + + +### Easy Installation + +If you just want to install all my dotfiles without customisation run: +```sh +git clone https://github.com/fischerling/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles +cd ~/.dotfiles +./setup.py +``` |
