Polka sets up your dotfiles
gem install polka
In your dotfile directory create a file called Dotfile. My Dotfile looks like this:
configure personal_file: "~/Dropbox/polka_personal.yml"
symlink ".gemrc", ".vimrc", ".zshrc", ".zsh_custom", ".vim"
symlink ".gitignore_global", as: ".gitignore"
copy ".gitconfig.erb"
Once you are done, run polka setup. Existing files will be moved to a backup dir.
You can avoid name collisions in your .dotfile directory by using the :as option.
.erb-files are parsed before they are copied: Create a personal.yml where you list your personal information that you may not want to check into your git repo (e.g. API tokens, name, email etc.):
.gitconfig:
name: Peter Venkman
email: peter@ghostbusters.test
In .gitconfig.erb:
[user]
name = <%= personal['name'] %>
email = <%= personal['email'] %>
personal.yml is expected to be in your dotfile directory and should be added to your .gitignore, ldo. Alternatively, you can configure an alternate path (see example).