dotfiles Questions

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I'm in the process of customizing my terminal. Currently, I have the following: What I want is a newline after the output of every command, like this: The only way I have been able to accomp...
Hurlee asked 26/10, 2013 at 17:34

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I am searching through a Git repository and would like to include the .git folder. grep does not include this folder if I run grep -r search * What would be a grep command to include this folde...
Kasten asked 29/4, 2012 at 20:25

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I never use less, and have always used more. It is what I was introduced to, which is probably why I use more more instead of using less more. ( Sorry, that is going to sound a bit of a mess :) ) ...
Allow asked 5/10, 2014 at 1:59

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I am having trouble symlinking dotfiles. I have a folder in my home directory ~/dotfiles which I have synced to a github repo. I am trying to take my .vimrc file in ~/dotfiles/.vimrc and create a s...
Rental asked 2/10, 2017 at 21:55

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I manage my dotfiles using git in a bare repository. See article by Harfang Perch for details on this method. It works great but I'd like to add a README.md to the root of the repository on github....
Remington asked 24/6, 2020 at 18:38

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I'm using most recommended method of managing dotfiles on mac by using stow. e.g., https://alexpearce.me/2016/02/managing-dotfiles-with-stow/ I found that it works great and does what I need to if ...
Stylite asked 29/4, 2022 at 20:43

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Git seems to always ignore these. When I type git add ., dotfiles in GIT_DIR are added, but not from subdirectories. On the other hand, git add subdir/.dotfile won't work. I tried git add -f and pu...
Riki asked 28/2, 2010 at 20:4

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My latest Rails project is more or less and experiment for me to break lots of things and learn in the process. I have the latest version of Ruby specified in my gemfile: ruby '2.2.3' And I also ...
Keitloa asked 4/10, 2015 at 14:38

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I'm in the process of cleaning up all my config files in an attempt to make them as readable as possible. I've been looking for a style guide on the use of quotes while exporting paths in, for exam...
Geoid asked 24/10, 2015 at 13:0

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I stored my dotfiles in github, with lots pains, because of no automation. I have to update it myself. Is there a way that can auto install/update/sync dotfiles? I mean in a fresh server, I downlo...
Jagatai asked 30/4, 2013 at 4:57

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I want to create my own automated dotfiles folder. (I'll be using git to use version control on my dotfiles, but that's irrelevant for the question) What i simply want is to symbolically link all ...
Reactive asked 8/3, 2011 at 20:35

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Adding Google to the dock works like this: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><di...
Wartime asked 6/1, 2020 at 15:0

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How do I get Dir['*'] to include dotfiles, e.g., .gitignore, but not . and ..? I.e., is there a better way to do: `ls -A`.split "\n" perhaps with Dir? The following solutions are close but both...
Immortalize asked 8/7, 2012 at 18:58

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I'm a pretty active command line user and I have shell accounts all over the place. MacBooks, Linux desktop machines, Linux servers, Cygwin on XP, you name it. How can I keep my shell configuratio...
Harsh asked 20/10, 2008 at 12:30

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I've added a README to my dotfile folder and since I'm managing each package with stow I'd like to ignore that. From documentation I've read that by default stow uses a preset list which includes R...
Forceps asked 6/10, 2020 at 18:19

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I've noticed I have some dotfiles that end with .un~ For example I have a .vividchalk.vim.un~, but I'm not sure where that came from. It seems like they are created when I use Vim in the Terminal. ...
Masticatory asked 27/3, 2013 at 13:56

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I have a dotfiles repository for macOS which contains the .gitconfig file. I would like to keep username and email separate from this file so that these variables are never committed as part of my ...
Jaco asked 2/3, 2017 at 11:5

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I was testing https://github.com/skwp/dotfiles) and unfortunately it did install a lot of things I do not want. For example, right now (with empty .vimrc) when I open vim I get " ==============...
Drunkometer asked 10/2, 2014 at 19:58

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I have nodes in my diagram with their xlabels positioned left above them. How can I change this position? I want the xlabels to be exactly next to the node itself.
Sassenach asked 4/12, 2016 at 14:18

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I'd like to set some defaults for mocha without having to type them each time. Does mocha look for a config file / dotfile anywhere, as jshint looks for .jshintrc and npm looks for package.json?
Hort asked 11/4, 2013 at 14:10

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I would like to keep my IntelliJ config files in my dotfiles repo but my ~/.IntelliJIdea2016.1 folder weights > 1.3G :( ~/.IntelliJIdea2016.1/config/ still weights > 215M... ~/.IntelliJIdea2016.1...
Generalist asked 12/6, 2016 at 16:39

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When I have hidden files, like dotfiles or a .git directory: How can I list those files and directories in Powershell? Neither Get-ChildItem, dir nor ls seem to show them.
Clarence asked 12/6, 2018 at 12:23

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My default terminal color is gray, and that's fine. My Bash prompt displays a bunch of colors, and this works fine: PS1="${COLOR_RED}\u${COLOR_WHITE}@${COLOR_RED}${COMPUTERNAME} ${COLOR_...
Pycnometer asked 19/5, 2013 at 14:57

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I have seen a few people that have git repos with their dot files. I'm wondering if they just cd ~/ git init git add .vimrc // etc ? And then that's how they keep it up to date? Or do they prob...
Straightedge asked 12/8, 2013 at 22:28

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I'm am running macOS Sierra, and am in the process of moving all dotfiles into one directory. I have successfully exported many environment variables for various installations (vagrant, composer, o...

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