mypydot 2022.1.1

Python package to manage your dotfiles

Mypydot

Mypydot is a tool created for managing your dotfiles using a Python application

Motivation

I just wanted the basic functionality to manage my own dotfiles. I decided to do it in Python because It seems more natural to me rather than do It using shell scripting.

Install

pip install mypydot

Instructions

Create new dotfiles

Using it for the first time : mypydot --option create . This command will create a new folder called .mypydotfiles in your $HOME directory. In this folder you will find the following folder structure :

Folder
language	In case you want to save some dotfiles related with your favourite programming languages
os	Operating system dotfiles
shell	Everything related to bash & zsh, etc..
tools	Docker, Git, Editors, etc. You can also find here a few almost empty scripts for storing your aliases, exports and functions.
conf.yml	This file contains every file that you want to track in your dotfiles repository, feel free to add & remove symlinks !

Once you run this process you will notice that you have a few new lines your .bashrc and in your .zshrc

export MYPYDOTFILES=/Users/username/.mypydotfiles
source $MYPYDOTFILES/shell/main.sh

This lines will be used to source yours aliases, exports and functions to be available in your terminal. Besides that, nothing else is edited.

Resync dotfiles ( for restoring or sync new files)

mypydot --option sync . This will iterate again over your .conf.yml file trying to sync new dotfiles.

References

https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles

https://github.com/CodelyTV/dotly

https://github.com/denisidoro/dotfiles

https://github.com/webpro/awesome-dotfiles

Thank you!