#!/usr/bin/env bash BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles_backup" BASE_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles" INCLUDE=".bashrc .bash_profile .vimrc .vim .screenrc" echo "backing up existing dotfiles into $BACKUP_DIR" mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR" for FNAME in $INCLUDE; do # if a file doesn't actually exist in the repo, do nothing. if [[ ! -a "$BASE_DIR/$FNAME" ]]; then echo "WARNING: file $BASE_DIR/$FNAME does not exist" continue fi # back up existing dotfiles, just for safety FULLPATH="$HOME/$FNAME" if [[ -a "$FULLPATH" && ! -h "$FULLPATH" ]]; then echo "mv $FULLPATH -> $BACKUP_DIR/$FNAME" mv "$FULLPATH" "$BACKUP_DIR/$FNAME" fi # symlink in the versioned dotfiles. echo "ln $BASE_DIR/$FNAME" "$HOME/$FNAME" ln -sf "$BASE_DIR/$FNAME" "$HOME/$FNAME" done