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authorMathias Bynens <mathias@qiwi.be>2012-08-06 22:51:22 +0200
committerMathias Bynens <mathias@qiwi.be>2012-08-06 22:51:22 +0200
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.bash_profile: Source `~/.path` before and `~/.extra` after all the other dotfiles
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@@ -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: