.bash_profile: Source `~/.path` before and `~/.extra` after all the other dotfiles

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index 6880737..cff9c92 100644
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# Load ~/.extra, ~/.bash_prompt, ~/.exports, ~/.aliases, and ~/.functions
-# ~/.extra can be used for settings you don’t want to commit
-for file in ~/.{extra,bash_prompt,exports,aliases,functions}; do
+# Load the shell dotfiles, and then some:
+# * ~/.path can be used to set or extend `$PATH`.
+# * ~/.extra can be used for settings you don’t want to commit.
+for file in ~/.{path,extra,bash_prompt,exports,aliases,functions,extra}; do
 	[ -r "$file" ] && source "$file"
 done
 unset file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffd9cb5..9922a24 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ cd; curl -#L https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/tarball/master | tar -xzv
 
 To update later on, just run that command again.
 
+### Specify the `$PATH`
+
+If `~/.path` exists, it will be sourced along with the other files, before any feature testing (such as detecting which version of `ls` is being used) takes place.
+
 ### Add custom commands without creating a new fork
 
 If `~/.extra` exists, it will be sourced along with the other files. You can use this to add a few custom commands without the need to fork this entire repository, or to add commands you don’t want to commit to a public repository.
@@ -52,6 +56,8 @@ GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 git config --global user.email "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 ```
 
+You could also use `~/.extra` to override settings, functions and aliases from my dotfiles repository. It’s probably better to [fork this repository](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/fork_select) instead, though.
+
 ### Sensible OS X defaults
 
 When setting up a new Mac, you may want to set some sensible OS X defaults: