dotfiles

This is my backup of my dotfiles.

Bash startup files

• .bashrc contains shared interactive shell settings and is tracked in this repository.
• .bash_profile stays minimal and only loads .bashrc for login shells.
• .bash_local is optional for machine-specific settings and is not tracked by Git.

Load order on login shells:

1. .bash_profile
2. .bashrc
3. .bash_local (if present)

Local secrets

• .msmtprc is copied to ~/ by setup.sh (not symlinked), so each device can keep its own password config.
• Add a password command in local ~/.msmtprc (example: passwordeval "pass show mail/gmail_app_password").
• Set NOTIFY_EMAIL in ~/.bash_local for bin/notify_me.sh.
• Start from .bash_local.example in this repository for first-time setup.

First-time setup:

cp ~/.bash_local.example ~/.bash_local

Then edit ~/.bash_local as needed.

Example:

export NOTIFY_EMAIL="your_email@example.com"

Utilities

• bin/wsl_port_forward.sh [port] now validates WSL usage and defaults to port 2222.
• bin/clipboard.sh <file> validates file and clip.exe before copying.
• bin/clipboard_xclip.sh <file> validates file and xclip before copying.

Runtime notes

• .bashrc now sets DISPLAY only when running in WSL.
• SSH agent fallback restores from ~/.ssh/ssh-agent and re-creates it only when needed.
• PATH entries for optional tools are added only when directories exist.

Setup script

• Run ./setup.sh for normal setup.
• Run ./setup.sh --dry-run to preview changes without writing files.
• Run ./setup.sh --force to overwrite copied local files such as ~/.msmtprc.