Pronounced /'dɒtːfaɪlz/. My repository of configuration files to be shared between different working machines.

For organisational purposes they are kept separate from the actual home directory, and inside a (conveniently hidden) folder .files.

Deployment happens via ./deploy. This will read a local configuration file (machine specific and thus not to be synched with Github) and only deploy the components specified therein. Note that this will override files in the home directory without questions asked – proceed with extreme caution and have a backup handy!

To deploy the files to the local home directory, run ./deploy. This will read two configuration files to determine which config files to install:

• components.conf: This file defines which files belong to which logical “components”, which form the units of installation. This file should reflect the files that are actually part of the repository, rather than any local machine configuration.
• local.conf: The local (= machine specific) configuration. This contains a simple list of components to install on the local machine. Since the file is machine specific, it is not part of origin/master (but a local branch may be appropriate?). However, this repository has an example.conf which can be used instead.

Modules to add:

• Vim plugin modules (?)
• lessrc, ackrc etc.
• Git/Mercurial config (but without user details?!)