dots

My dot files and a tool to deploy them to various OS's

The Plan

• files in link/ get symlinked to ~/.{filename}
• files in copy/ get copied to ~/.{filename}
  • this process should default to not clobbering existing files
• bin/dots.rb is what users will interact with
  • it should bootstrap based on the OS it is being run on
  • it should run Puppet and associated tools such as r10k via bundler
  • it should not utilize Git submodules; it should instead use vcsrepo
    • the destination of each repo may well need to be added to the parent's .gitignore
  • it should configure iTerm2 on Mac
  • it should configure Atom on all platforms
  • it should offer a choice to skip steps related to GUI programs
  • it should permit host-specific settings / options
    • this will likely be done via entries in a hiera node file
• create a Docker image with all tools preinstaleld and set to mount the current user's home directory as a volume.
  • use gosu so ownership is correct.
    • this may not work on Windows...

Notes thus far

1. Install Homebrew
2. Install ruby >= 2.0 (testing with 2.4.1)
3. Install bundler
4. Install cmake and pkg-config

git clone git@github.com:genebean/dots.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
bundle install
bundle exec r10k puppetfile install --puppetfile ~/.dotfiles/production/puppet/Puppetfile -v

Running Puppet

bundle exec puppet apply --environmentpath ~/.dotfiles/puppet ~/.dotfiles/puppet/production/manifests/site.pp

Installed Homebrew packages

To see what has been installed (not the deps) run brew leaves

Packages to install on Mac's

Vundle & Vim

Install via Puppet:

1. link vimrc
2. vcsrepo: https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
3. exec vim +PluginInstall +qall

Powerline

brew install coreutils python socat tmux
pip install psutil powerline-status
git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git ~/repos/powerline-fonts
cd ~/repos/powerline-fonts
./install.sh

Thoughts on installing with Puppet:

• install packages using a provider for homebrew
• install packages using the pip provider
• use vcsrepo to clone the fonts
• create a refresh-only exec that runs the install script
• add a notify to the vcsrepo resource that triggers the exec
  • this will also take care of bringing in new fonts or updates