weLaika's dotfiles

Installation:

Prerequisites: ruby, rvm

1. Fork
2. Clone your fork into ".dotfiles":
   git clone https://github.com/YOURNAME/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
3. Install:
   cd ~/.dotfiles && bash install.sh
4. Update [user] section in gitconfig file
5. Edit to suit your needs

This will backup all the dotfiles that you are using in the ~/.dotfiles/backup directory and will install in your home symlinks to the dotfiles in the ~/dotfiles folder.

Features:

• ackrc recognizes sass, scss, erb, haml, slim, coffee, yml, (...) files
• bash_profile loads bashrc
• bashrc contains some sane defaults:
  • ls and grep are colored by default
  • destructive actions require confirmation
  • autocorrects small typing mistakes
  • automatically includes dotfiles using the * operator
  • append to bash_history instead of overwriting it
  • bash history size is increased to 10'000 lines
  • commands starting with space and duplicate commands are removed from bashrc
  • man pages are colored
  • rvm compatible
• gemrc prevents documentation from being installed
• gitconfig contains some useful aliases
• inputrc allows some fun tricks:
  • bash file completion is case insensitive
  • the list of possible completions is triggered by a single tab hit
  • symbolic link to directories have / automatically appended by completion
  • history search of commands: type ls, press ↑ and browse through commands starting with ls :)
• rvmrc disables rvms noisy messages and whiny confermation questions