Brian Sinclair's dotfiles

This is my set of dotfiles. It's nothing terribly special, really. Kind of a mess, even.

Apparently I started saving these in here in 2010 and now I feel really old.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/brianarn/dotfiles.git $HOME/.dotfiles
cd $HOME/.dotfiles
./install.sh

Migrating from stow-based setup

If you previously used the stow-based dotfiles on this machine:

./scripts/migrate.sh        # Remove old stow symlinks (preserves ~/.config contents)
./install.sh                # Set up new symlinks

Use --dry-run to preview what either script will do before making changes.

Usage

Install

./install.sh [--dry-run] [--force] [--quiet]

Sets up symlinks from home/ into $HOME, merges managed config files, initializes submodules, and runs post-update tasks.

Update

./install.sh update [--dry-run] [--force] [--quiet]

Updates git submodules and re-runs post-update tasks (fzf, shell completions, oh-my-zsh themes).

Doctor

./scripts/doctor.sh

Analyzes the current installation and reports issues: missing symlinks, stale stow links, uninitialized submodules, missing tools, etc.

Structure

• home/ — Dotfiles symlinked into $HOME (mirrors the target directory structure)
• copy/ — Files copied (not symlinked) to allow machine-local customization
• external/ — Git submodules (oh-my-zsh, fzf, tinted-shell, spaceship-prompt)
• misc/ — Extras (custom themes, Moom config)
• scripts/ — Install helpers, migration, and doctor