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.py 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 ruby >= 2.0 (testing with 2.4.1)
2. Install bundler

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