Dotfiles

Personal bash and vim configuration files.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/dkharrat/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
./install.sh

This will:

• Back up existing dotfiles to ~/dotfiles_old/
• Create symlinks from ~/.bashrc, ~/.vimrc, etc. to this repo
• Initialize vim plugins

Customization

Machine-Specific Settings

Create these optional files for per-machine customization:

• ~/.bashrc_init - Sourced first, before any rc files (for environment variables)
• ~/.bashrc_custom - Sourced last, for overrides and custom aliases

Prompt Colors by Environment

The prompt displays user@host in different colors based on environment. Set HOST_ROLE in ~/.bashrc_init:

# Production server - red prompt
export HOST_ROLE=prod

# Staging server - yellow prompt
export HOST_ROLE=staging

# Local/dev (default) - green prompt
# No configuration needed

Vim Plugins

Plugins are managed via Pathogen and included as git submodules:

• ctrlp.vim - Fuzzy file finder
• NERDTree - File explorer
• lightline.vim - Status line

Adding a Plugin

git submodule add https://github.com/user/plugin.git vim/bundle/plugin

Requirements

Requires full vim (not vim-tiny) for complete functionality:

sudo apt install vim