Think of this repo as a set of defaults that command line tools should have had in the first place - a selection of common tweaks and tricks for your terminal.

• If you haven't done much command line customization before, this will be a good starting point.

• If you are managing a shared Linux server, you can install this rather than confuse other people with your personal dotfiles.

• It's also a good opportunity to start versioning your configuration :)

I will keep this repository small and focused. If you're interested in my personal configuration (forked from this repo), look here.

Installation

Clone the repo and run the installation script (it will backup your existing config files):

git clone https://github.com/janek-warchol/sensible-dotfiles ~/.dotfiles.git
~/.dotfiles.git/link-dotfiles.sh

You'll probably want to move some parts of your old configuration into the new files. Keep in mind that you need to re-run the installation script if you add new files to the repo, to create any missing symlinks.

Features

• git-aware bash prompt displaying repository status, like this:
  janek@janek ~/.dotfiles.git (master|REBASE-i 3/5) - very convenient!

• git aliases and settings, in particular:

  • informative and pretty logs,
  • more information in case of merge conflicts,
  • git diff that displays file renames correctly

• handy shell aliases - did you know that

  • grep can highlight matches even when piped to less?
  • ls can group directories together, listing them above files?

• cool bash settings, for example:

  • case-insensitive autocompletion,
  • cd to a directory just by typing its name, autocorrect typos

• Tim Pope's sensible.vim - reasonable and widely accepted default configuration for Vim

• if you use Vagrant, this [default Vagrantfile] (.vagrant.d/Vagrantfile) will install sensible-dotfiles on your Vagrant boxes as well!

Other good stuff

Want more? There are some additional programs worth installing:

• ranger: a console file manager. It's much better than typing cd and ls all the time.
• trash-cli: command-line interface to system trash. Have you ever rm'ed wrong file and wanted to get it back?

Both are available from apt repositories: sudo apt-get install ranger trash-cli.

License

I release this work into public domain. Attribution will be very welcome, but it's not strictly required. Enjoy!