Bash Dotfiles

System-wide bash Shell Configurations!

Features

• Centralized - All configs in /etc/bash/.
• System-wide - Common configs for all users.
• Modular structure - Split by function (aliases, prompts, etc.)
• OS-aware aliases - Distro-specific aliases for appropriate package manager commands.
• Colors! - Use of colors where possible.

How to use

1. Clone this repo to /etc.

git clone https://git.candifloss.cc/candifloss/dotfiles_bash.git /etc/bash  

2. Add this to the end of /etc/bash.bashrc:

if [ -d /etc/bash ]; then				# Check if the dir exists
    for file in /etc/bash/*.sh; do		# Include all the files in the dir
        if [ -r "$file" ]; then			# Check if the file exists
            . "$file"
        fi
    done
fi

File structure

/etc/bash/  				# `mkdir` or `git clone` to this directory  
├── bash_alias_common.sh	# Common aliases  
├── bash_alias_distro.sh	# Distro-specific aliases  
├── bash_prompt.sh			# Shell prompt  
├── LICENSE					# Repo license  
└── README.md				# This file  

Trouble-shooting

• Alias not working?
  Run alias | grep <command> to find overrides

• Settings over-ridden?
  These files can override your aliases and other settings (check in order):

  1. /etc/profile
  2. /etc/bash.bashrc
  3. ~/.bash_profile
  4. ~/.bash_login
  5. ~/.profile
  6. ~/.bashrc

• Permission errors

  sudo chmod -R 755 /etc/bash  
  

• Debug Loading Order
  Check which files are loaded

  bash --login --verbose --norc 2>&1 | grep -E '^\+.*\. '  
  

• Colors missing?
  Check the TERM variables and your terminal's capabilities.