Set zsh as your login shell.

chsh -s /bin/zsh

Clone onto your laptop:

git clone git://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles.git

(Or, fork and keep your fork updated).

Install:

cd dotfiles
./install.sh

This will create symlinks for config files in your home directory. If you include the line "DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE" anywhere in a config file, it will copy that file over instead of symlinking it, and it will leave everything above that line in your local config intact.

You can safely run ./install.sh multiple times to update.

Put your customizations at the top of files, separated by "DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE."

For example, the top of your ~/.gitconfig might look like this:

[user]
  name = Joe Ferris
  email = [email protected]

# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE

[push]
  default = current

The top of your ~/.zlogin might look like this:

# Productivity
alias todo='$EDITOR ~/.todo'

# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE

# recommended by brew doctor
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"

vim configuration:

• Ctrl-P for fuzzy file/buffer/tag finding.
• Rails.vim for enhanced navigation of Rails file structure via gf and :A (alternate), :Rextract partials, :Rinvert migrations, etc.
• Run RSpec specs from vim.
• Set <leader> to a single space.
• Switch between the last two files with space-space.
• Syntax highlighting for CoffeeScript, Textile, Cucumber, Haml, Markdown, and HTML.
• Use Ag instead of Grep when available.
• Use Exuberant Ctags for tab completion.
• Use GitHub color scheme.
• Use Vundle to manage plugins.

tmux configuration:

• Improve color resolution.
• Remove administrative debris (session name, hostname, time) in status bar.
• Set prefix to Ctrl+a (like GNU screen).
• Soften status bar color from harsh green to light gray.

git configuration:

• Adds a create-branch alias to create feature branches.
• Adds a delete-branch alias to delete feature branches.
• Adds a merge-branch alias to merge feature branches into master.

Shell aliases and scripts:

• b for bundle.
• g with no arguments is git status and with arguments acts like git.
• git-churn to show churn for the files changed in the branch.
• m for rake db:migrate && rake db:rollback && rake db:migrate && rake db:test:prepare.
• mcd to make a directory and change into it.
• rake is zeus rake if using Zeus on the project in current directory.
• replace foo bar **/*.rb to find and replace within a given list of files.
• rk for rake.
• rspec is zeus rspec if using Zeus on the project in current directory.
• tat to attach to tmux session named the same as the current directory.
• v for $VISUAL.

Thank you, contributors!

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