dotfiles

Usage

First clone this repo into your $HOME

Cloning and pulling dot files
```
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Jivanam/dotfiles.git
```
This will clone a repo including its submodules

To load submodules on a repo that wasn't cloned as above
```
cd dotfiles
git submodule update --init --recursive
```
Pull all changes in the repo including changes in the submodules
```
git pull --recurse-submodules
```

Next, install the zsh shell if not installed or available in your

Installing zsh shell

Most of the linux system comes with bash as default shell. Installing zsh shell and using is not complex.

For example, in debain based Linux one can easily install zsh using apt package manager
```
sudo apt install zsh
```
Whereas on Arch, you can do the same with the pacman
```
sudo pacman -S zsh
```
*On Mac OS, one can use Homebrew to install zsh shell
```
brew install zsh
```
Homebrew link can be found here

Next, create a symlink.

Creating symlink

First get the path of the symlink target files/folder

Run pwd on the target folder

Symlink format
```
ln -nfs [path to the cloned dotfiles folder]/[target filename] [path to where we want to create symlink]/[file name]
```
For example,
```
`ln -nfs /home/$USER/dotfiles/.zshrc /home/$USER/.zshrc`
```
OR you can use the setup.sh shell script to apply it one go.