Make a backup of your dotfiles in case things go nuts
Big thanks to @ericjaychi for his original repo and instructions
And clone it to your local device
git clone [email protected]:<github-username>/upgraded-dotfiles
For example, you can copy your .bashrc file from /home/<username> directory to your local repository (without the . prefix for management purposes)
cp ~/.bashrc ~/upgraded-dotfiles/bashrc
You can overwrite or remove any dot files in the forked repository that is not needed for backup.
Edit the Variables section in the make-symlinks.sh file
########## Variables
# dotfiles directory
# edit this with the path to the backup repository
dir=~/upgraded-dotfiles
# old dotfiles backup directory
# edit this with the path to make a copy of your dotfiles before you run the script
olddir=~/upgraded-dotfiles/dotfiles_old
# list of files/folders to symlink in homedir
# edit this with the files you want to backup
files="bashrc vimrc zshrc config/nvim/init.vim"
##########
Run the script (in some case you have to make the file executable before it can be run)
# make the file executable
chmod +x make-symlinks.sh
./make-symlink.sh
Edit the dotfiles (e.g .bashrc) in your home directory normally and the files in your backup repository will be updated automatically.
If you want to record your changes, enter the local repository and stage the changes.
git add bashrc
git commit -m "Updated dot bashrc"