.dot files

Configuration files.

Begin with a .

Live in ~

• Think of these as your preferences.
• Dot files are files that begin with a period
• invisible to file browsers on most systems.

Making the most of Dotfiles

Symlink to a single directory

Track in Git

You can take your customizations with you.

Look at other dotfiles and steal liberally

Add small bits at a time and learn how to use them

• Symlink to a single directory
• Track in Git
• You can take your customizations with you.
• Look at other dotfiles and steal liberally
• Add small bits at a time and learn how to use them

Symlink

Pointer to an actual file.

ln -s ~/.source_file ~/bin/dotfiles/target_file

A Symbolic link is any file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path.

What do you put in your dotfiles repo?

• Like my Dentist says, only floss the teeth you want to keep.
• I put any configuration I care about in it.

The Shell

Bash: the GNU Project's shell and is what I use.

ZSH: a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language

Fish: a smart and user-friendly command line shell for OS X, Linux, and the rest of the family.

Environment / $PATH

Add things to your path

    export PATH=~/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/opt/local/bin
    

# Type
    $ someapp
# Instead of
    $ ~/some/dir/drush/someapp.php
    

Aliases

Shortcuts for longer more complex commands.

          
            alias h='history'
            alias l='ls -lhGt'  # -l long listing, most recent first -G color
            alias g='git status'
          
        

• a: all except literal .
• la: List all files long format
• c: Clears the screen
• l.: List only dot files
• l: List files in long human format with time

Functions

        
          function take() {
              mkdir -p "$1"
              cd "$1"
          }
        
        

SSH

Secure Socket Shell

~/.ssh/config

Save yourself from trying to remember IP addresses and port numbers

      
      Host server1
          HostName    192.168.68.122
          User        napolean
          Port        22
      Host server2
          HostName    192.168.68.123
          User        kip
          Port        22
      
    

Privacy and Security

Don't put sensitive info in your Git repo if you plan to make it public.

Include this info in files outside the repo.

Git

Don't use a GUI

Learn to use the commands

Git config

~/.gitconfig

excludesfile = ~/.gitignore Set colors for Git.

Git aliases

Ignoring files

Per machine: ~/.gitconfig

Per project: .gitignore file in the repository

Per repo: .git/info/excludes

Git Hooks

     .git/hooks
     

Customizing Git - Git Hooks

Pre commit

Code linting.

github.com/andrewmriley/drupal-site-precommit

Post commit

Do tasks like copy your commit message to your clipboard?

#!/bin/bash

# Create dayone entry with last commit message
git log --pretty=format:"%s @${PWD##*/}%n%b" -1 HEAD | dayone new

# Copy last commit message copied to clipboard
git log --pretty=format:"%s %n%b" -1 HEAD | pbcopy

     

But I forget to add those to my repo

.git_template

In your ~/.gitconfig

  [alias]
    init = init --template ~/.git_template

  [init]
  templatedir = ~/.git_template

A good tutorial for setting this up. Logging Git commits with doing

Git tools

Tig

Text-mode interface for git.

Git radar

A more basic tool, vcprompt.

Vim

Why Vim?

I plan on coding for many years.

I'm already in the shell.

Open source and availible on all systems.

Will NEVER die.

I love using the keyboard.

Can Vim do ____?

Yes!

Plugins

ctrlP.vim

Vim Fugitive - Git

Gitgutter - Git

Vdebug - Debugging

Vim Surround

Vim Plugin For Drupal

Vim Airline

Vundle - Plugin management

ctrlP.vim

Vim Fugitive - Git

A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal.

Gitgutter - Git

Vdebug - Debugging

Vim Plugin For Drupal

Drush

Download and enable modules

Backup and import databases

Run updates

Watch logs

Log in as any user and much much more!

Drush aliases

Drush commands against a specific Drupal site, even remote sites.

drush @youralias somecommand -y

drush use @youralias

drush somecommand -y

Tired of typing the full alias for every command

Now you can just type

Drupal Watchdog Log

drush ws --tail

Drupal Console

The new CLI for Drupal. A tool to generate boilerplate code, interact with and debug Drupal.

Download, install, and run Drupal

Drupal Console

Debug routes.

Build modules, themes, plugins and more.

Generate content.

Much more.

Debug routes.

Build modules, themes, plugins and more.

Generate content.

Much more.

Tmux - Bringing it All Together

Why Tmux

Seriously, Why

Detach and attach to terminal sessions without loosing state.

Isolate your terminal sessions.

Script terminal session layout based on project needs.

Detach and attach to terminal sessions without loosing state.

Isolate your terminal sessions.

Script terminal session layout based on project needs.

Allows me to quickly switch between projects

Tmux

Sessions

Windows

Panes

Tmux Sessions

Create multiple session

Detatch and reattach

Switch sessions quickly

Tmux Windows

Widows are kind of like tabs.

Create, delete, rename and move them

Tmux Panes

Tmuxinator

Create and manage tmux sessions

Projects are Yaml files

Switch projects quickly