script for doing dotfile/ config stuff, script for installing zsh without root. I highly recommend not running any of this if you don't know what it's doing. Because if you knew what it's doing, you would not run it. http://cs.smu.ca/~j_mackenzie/config/

dotify.sh

# adapted from https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2016/02/best-way-to-store-dotfiles-git-bare-repo/

echo -e "\n\n\n\n=================================================="
echo -e "SETTING UP CONFIG"
echo -e "==================================================\n\n\n\n"

function config {
    /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
}

echo -e ".cfg" >> .gitignore
git clone --bare https://github.com/jonmackenzie/dotfiles/ $HOME/.cfg

echo -e "\n\n\n\n=================================================="
echo -e "MOVING ANY EXISTING DOTFILES TO .config-backup"
echo -e "==================================================\n\n\n\n"

mkdir .config-backup
mv .tmux* .config-backup
mv .vim* .config-backup
mv .gitmodules .config-backup
mv .zsh* .config-backup
mv README.md .config-backup

echo -e "\n\n\n\n=================================================="
echo -e "CHECKING OUT REPO"
echo -e "==================================================\n\n\n\n"

mkdir -p .config-backup
config checkout
config config status.showUntrackedFiles no

echo -e "\n\n\n\n=================================================="
echo -e "INSTALLING OH-MY-ZSH "
echo -e "==================================================\n\n\n\n"

# install oh-my-zsh, keeping the .zshrc from the repo and replacing the auto-generated one with it
mv .zshrc newzshrc
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)" || sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"
mv newzshrc .zshrc

echo -e "\n\n\n\n=================================================="
echo -e "CLONING SUBMODULES"
echo -e "==================================================\n\n\n\n"
config submodule init
config submodule update

echo -e "\n\n\n\nDONE\n"

install-zsh.sh

# downloads and installs zsh in the user's dir, no root required

cd ~
wget -O zsh.tar.gz https://sourceforge.net/projects/zsh/files/latest/download
mkdir zsh && tar -xvzf zsh.tar.gz -C zsh --strip-components 1
cd zsh
./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install
cd ~
rm zsh.tar.gz