#!/bin/sh case `uname` in 'Darwin') readlink_command='greadlink' ;; *) readlink_command='readlink' esac DOTFILES_DIRECTORY="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}" | xargs "${readlink_command}" -f)/dotfiles" function symlink_dotfiles() { cd $DOTFILES_DIRECTORY [[ -a ~/.dotfiles-backups ]] && mv ~/.dotfiles-backups ~/.dotfiles-backups.old mkdir ~/.dotfiles-backups for filename in *; do local link_destination="$HOME/.$filename" local absolute_path="$(${readlink_command} -f $filename)" echo "linking $link_destination to $absolute_path" [[ -a $link_destination ]] && mv $link_destination ~/.dotfiles-backups ln -si $absolute_path $link_destination done [[ -a ~/.dotfiles-backups ]] && mv ~/.dotfiles-backups.old ~/.dotfiles-backups/.dotfiles-backups } if [ "$1" == "--force" -o "$1" == "-f" ]; then symlink_dotfiles else read -p "Symlinking files from $DOTFILES_DIRECTORY. This may overwrite existing files in your home directory. Do you wish to proceed? (y/n) " -n 1 echo if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then symlink_dotfiles fi fi unset symlink_dotfiles unset DOTFILES_DIRECTORY