This is my collection of configurations and scripts.

To clone the repository with all submodules into ~/.dotfiles, run

git clone --recursive https://github.com/yangle/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles

To update all submodules, run

git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --recursive

The setup script uses pattern matching to create symlinks in the $HOME directory:

1. For any file prefixed by an underscore in the repository root, say _$FILE, setup creates a symlink ~/.$FILE to _$FILE.

2. For any directory prefixed by an underscore in the repository root, say _$DIR/, setup creates a symlink ~/.$DIR to _$DIR/.

3. For any directory prefixed by a dash in the repository root, say -$DIR/, setup makes a directory ~/.$DIR and creates in it a symlink to each individual file under _$DIR/, making nested subdirectories when necessary.
   (This leaves all other files under ~/.$DIR out of version control.)

4. Any file or directory in the repository root that is not prefixed by an underscore or a dash is ignored by setup.

Before creating the symlinks and thus possibly overwriting existing files in the $HOME directory, setup creates a tarball backup of such files to be overwritten.

dconf - Basic settings for GNOME Shell: fix annoying defaults, set keyboard shortcuts, etc.

find-venv - Find the activate script of a Python virtual environment named .venv in a parent directory.

clean-up-latex - Prepare .tex source files for arXiv / journal submission: remove comments, merge .bbl into .tex, move figures out of individual folders, etc.

mytex - Wrapper around rubber to compile (xe)latex + bibtex till convergence, without littering the current working directory.

mytexmk - Monitor .tex source files and call mytex automatically upon changes.

refresh-chromium - Monitor files and refresh Chromium automatically upon changes.

... and many more!