Using dfm

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1. Using dfm managing your dotfiles with perl and git by

   Nate Jones LA.pm - 9/21/2011

2. about me

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4. github: justone twitter: @ndj http://endot.org

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6. in the beginning

7. .bashrc .vimrc

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12. version control!

13. Ready, set, go! ssh firstbox svn import . $MTSVN -m

    'initial' ssh secondbox svn checkout $MTSVN . svn add/commit/update
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18. brave new world

19. Requirements accessible anywhere shareable quick to install/update easy to modify

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22. Prior work many shared dotfiles repos clone and symlink make,

    shell, ruby

23. let's try it out

24. Step 0 fork on github: https://github.com/justone/dotfiles set up your own

    master repo

25. Installation $ git clone [email protected]:username/dotfiles.git .dotfiles Cloning into .dotfiles... remote:

    Counting objects: 1685, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (830/830), done. remote: Total 1685 (delta 714), reused 1632 (delta 689) Receiving objects: 100% (1685/1685), 1.19 MiB | 438 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (714/714), done. $ ./.dotfiles/.bin/dfm INFO: Installing dotfiles... INFO: Symlinking .bashrc.load (.dotfiles/.bashrc.load). INFO: Symlinking bin (.dotfiles/bin). INFO: Appending loader to .bashrc

26. Adding a file $ vi .vimrc $ mv .vimrc .dotfiles

    $ dfm install INFO: Installing dotfiles... INFO: Symlinking .vimrc (.dotfiles/.vimrc). $ dfm add .vimrc $ dfm status -s A .vimrc $ dfm commit -m 'added vimrc' [master 6c12a63] adding vimrc 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .vimrc $ dfm push origin master Counting objects: 4, done. Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 265 bytes, done. Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0) To [email protected]:username/dotfiles.git 012325a..6c12a63 master -> master

27. Changing a file $ vi .vimrc $ dfm status -s

    M .vimrc $ dfm commit -am 'updated vimrc' [master be47490] updated 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) $ dfm push origin master Counting objects: 4, done. Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 301 bytes, done. Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0) To [email protected]:username/dotfiles.git a0d469b..5a745c4 master -> master

28. Getting latest dotfiles $ dfm updates remote: Counting objects: 5,

    done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. remote: Total 3 (delta 1), reused 3 (delta 1) Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done. From github.com:username/dotfiles 5a745c4..012325a master -> origin/master 012325a: updated vimrc $ dfm mi INFO: using merge to bring in changes Updating 5a745c4..012325a Fast-forward .vimrc | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) INFO: re-installing dotfiles INFO: Installing dotfiles...

29. special powers

30. Run any git commands $ dfm status -s M .vimrc

    $ pushd ~/.dotfiles ~/.dotfiles ~ $ git status -s M .vimrc $ popd ~

31. Backups $ cat .vimrc syntax on $ dfm install INFO:

    Installing dotfiles... INFO: Backing up .vimrc. INFO: Symlinking .vimrc (.dotfiles/.vimrc). $ cat .vimrc set nocompatible set bg=dark set ts=4 sw=4 set incsearch $ cat .backup/.vimrc syntax on

32. Skipping files $ ls -l .dotfiles/README.md -rw-rw-r-- .dotfiles/README.md $ cat

    .dotfiles/.dfminstall README.md skip $ dfm install INFO: Installing dotfiles... $ ls README.md ls: cannot access README.md: No such file or directory

33. Recursion $ ls -l .dotfiles/.ssh/ -rw-r--r-- config $ cat .dotfiles/.dfminstall

    .ssh $ dfm install INFO: Installing dotfiles... INFO: Symlinking config (../.dotfiles/.ssh/config). $ ls -ld .ssh/ drwx------ .ssh/ $ ls -l .ssh lrwxrwxrwx .ssh/config -> ../.dotfiles/.ssh/config -rw-r--r-- .ssh/known_hosts

34. looking forward

35. Low hanging fruit grow test suite more documentation 'dfm uninstall'

    'dfm umi' clean up dangling symlinks

36. Ease of use starter repositories integrate bootstrap script ensure compatibility

    with zsh

37. Advanced script to help with managing multiple branches automatic update

    checker git hooks ???

38. more information

39. Source and documentation http://github.com/justone/dotfiles http://github.com/justone/dotfiles/wiki http://github.com/justone/dfm_present

40. Thanks http://git-scm.com/ http://www.perl.org/ https://github.com/schacon/showoff http://www.openclipart.org/

41. questions?