Dotfiles for a development environment

dotfiles_for_dev_env.md

Purpose

Prepare for developing with zsh, git and vim.

Basic

• install zsh and set it as default shell
  • create .zshrc
  • setup git alias

alias g=git
git config --global color.ui auto
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.st status
git config --global alias.br branch
git config --global alias.hist 'log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short'

• manage your dot files(.vimrc, .vim .bashrc .zshrc, etc..) on GitHub
  • see http://dotfiles.github.com/
• change .vimrc
  • install https://github.com/gmarik/vundle to manage plugins
  • install plugins

Bundle 'vim-ruby/vim-ruby'
Bundle 'tpope/vim-rails'
Bundle 'tpope/vim-cucumber'

Advanced

• see other's dot files and improve your dot files(especially for zsh and vim)
  • see https://github.com/search?q=dotfiles&repo=&langOverride=&start_value=1&type=Repositories