Dave Dopson's Dotfiles

Installation

cd
git clone https://github.com/ddopson/dotfiles.git
./dotfiles/setup.sh # symlink dotfiles, making dated backups of existing versions

Customization

~/.gitconfig.local:

[user]
  user = ddopson
  name = Dave Dopson
  email = ddopson@gmail.com

# Setting credentials.helper to `store` means that when `git` prompts for a
# username/password challenge, the supplied password gets saved, in plaintext,
# to ~/.git-credentials. Alternatively, `cache` causes `git` to retain the
# credential in RAM for up to 15 minutes before purging it, more like `sudo`.
[credential]
  helper = store

To get a GitHub access token:

• "GitHub Settings" -> "Developer settings" -> "Personal access tokens"
• A simple legacy token with unlimited lifetime is easiest, if less secure.
• The token can be provided to git during the command-line username/password challenge
• The git tooling will then write it to ~/.git-credentials if so configured as above.

New MacBook Checklist

Add Software:

• Install Dvorak
• Install iTerm2.
  • "Appearance=>Show per-pane title bar"=false
  • "Profiles=>Terminal=>Scrollback"=20000
  • "Profiles=>Terminal=>Silence Bell"=true
  • "Profiles=>Session=>Prompt Before Closing"=Always
  • "Pointer=>Focus Follows Mouse"=true
• Install Spotify
• Install Divvy - App Store

Map CapsLock => Escape (useful for my Vim bindings):

• "Keyboard" => "Keyboard Shortcuts..." => "Modifier Keys"

Disable trigger-happy trackpad actions:

• Trackpad => "Tap to click" = false
• Trackpad => "More Gestures" tab => "Swipe between pages" = Off

Pushing to Repo

From https://github.com/settings/token, "Generate new token" and create a classic token.

Running git push prompts for username (eg, "ddopson@gmail.com") and password. Provide the secret token as the password.

This caches the token in the repo (maybe?), such that subsequent pushes work.