Installation

Run ./bootstrap <profile> to install all packages and configuration files for specified profile. It should bring system to the desired consistent state.

Ultimate feature

Unlike many other dotfiles installation scripts, this one provides not only one-way installation process, but can join changes made back to the repo.

Just invoke ./dotfiles rejoin and all changes made in local configuration will be merged back to the repo. It smart enough to join changes even to the template files!

Bootstraping and configuring

There are two installation scripts called ./bootstrap and ./dotfiles.

./dotfiles is exist to work with configuration.

./bootstrap brings system to consistent state.

All changes that should be done on new branded fresh installed system are described in ./profiles.txt so look at them, they are pretty descriptive by they own.

Assumed workflow is:

• once on fresh installed system: ./bootstrap <profile>;
• every next time when update is needed: ./boostrap;
• every next time when full upgrade is needed: ./bootstrap <profile> (it will also update AUR packages);
• every next time when local configuration changed: ./dotfiles rejoin;

Agreements

Directory structure is the same that under home dir (~/). Exception is rootfs/ directory, that contains global system configuration files that are located in /.

All missing directories would be created. All missing files would by symlinked (files under rootds will be copied).

If filename ends on .template, then same file without .template would be created and all {{PLACEHOLDER}} strings in that file would be replaced with user prompted values.

If filename ends on .$profile, then file without .$profile would be created with contents taked from file, that name ends in specified profile name. Example: if there are files:

• xorg.conf.$profile,
• xorg.conf.laptop,
• xorg.conf.work,
• xorg.conf.home,

then filename, that evaluated from xorg.conf.$profile would be linked/copied into xorg.conf.

Also, DOTFILES_PROFILE environment will be available in all applications after installation, and there are no longer need to specify it on bootstrap or dotfiles invocation.