Dotfiles

Dotfiles are files that are used to store configuration information.
Dotfiles are usually stored in the .config directory in your home directory but they can be anywhere.
With dotfiles you can configure your system in a way you can constumize anthing and maintain. \

But maintaing dotfiles is not easy.
You have to know what files you want to store and where.
That's why dotman is here to help you.

Initializing

We will be using a github repo to store our dotfiles.
To initialize dotman you need to run the following command:

$ mkdir MyDotfiles
$ dotman init MyDotfiles --git --remote="https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_REPO" --branch="master"

this command will initialize dotman in your current working directory.

Adding Dotfiles

To add dotfiles you need to have a file to add... :D
So lets create a file called .bashrc and add it to the dotfiles repo:

$ touch .bashrc
$ echo "echo Hello World!" > .bashrc

Now we can add this file to the dotfiles repo:

$ dotman add my_bashrc .bashrc --description="My bashrc file"

You can see 2 things are generated:

• A new folder and file, files/.bashrc
• A new dotfile object in dotman.json

these files are used to store the dotfile.
Yes! dotman does not uses symlinks to store dotfiles.
It makes it easier to manage dotfiles and features.