dotfiles-cli

CLI utility to manage dotfiles symlinks

Installation

Packages

Linux

Packages in deb and rpm formats

There is a one-liner to install dotfiles package using remote script:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/avakarev/dotfiles-cli/master/scripts/install.sh)"

Running command from above downloads a script and runs it. Script might ask you for sudo password cause package managers like apt and yum require it to install the package. It's a good idea to review the script before running it, so please feel free to do it.

NOTE: If you are installing dotfiles on older RaspberryPi models and encounter error like:

dpkg: error processing archive:
  package architecture (armel) does not match system (armhf)

Then run this command and retry installation script:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture armel

macOS

With Homebrew: brew tap avakarev/tap && brew install dotfiles

Binaries

Binaries for Linux and macOS

From source

Make sure you have a working Go environment (Go 1.12 or higher is required). See the install instructions.

Compiling dotfiles is easy, simply run:

git clone https://github.com/avakarev/dotfiles-cli.git
cd dotfiles-cli
make build

Usage

You can simply start with checking status of symlinks from configuration file:

dotfiles status

To link dotfiles use link command:

dotfiles link

To delete symlinks use unlink command:

dotfiles unlink

Each command supports optional group(s) filter argument:

dotfiles status group1 group2

Configuration

dotfiles needs configuration file describing symlink groups.

File path could be specified either with flag --config=/path/to/file or using environment variable $DOTFILES_CONFIG=/path/to/file. If none from options above is set, dotfiles will try to load .dotfilesrc from working directory.

dotfiles uses the following precedence order. Each item takes precedence over the item below it:

• --config / -c flag
• DOTFILES_CONFIG environment variable
• .dotfilesrc file in working directory

Configuration file format is JSON and could be either a flat list of symlinks (the group "default" is assigned implicitly) or an object of groups each listing its own list.

Example of configuration file with no groups:

[
  "vim",
  "vimrc"
]

Example of configuration file with groups:

{
  "zsh": [
    "zsh",
    "zshrc",
  ],
  "git": [
    "gitconfig",
    "gitignore-global",
    "gitattributes-global"
  ]
}

Each symlink entry consists of source (mandatory) and target path (optional) separated by colon: "source:target". If source path just a filename, it's expected to be located in the same directory where the configuration file is. If target part is missing, it's assumed as "~/.<source>".

Both source and target path can include ~ or $HOME, which is interpreted as home directory path.

License

dotfiles is licensed under MIT license. (see LICENSE)