Add script to copy dotfiles.

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/setup.sh b/bin/setup.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/setup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+red='\e[0;31m'
+green='\e[0;32m'
+none='\e[0m'
+
+cd
+# Check that things are in their right places.
+if [[ ! -f dotfiles/bin/setup.sh ]]; then
+ echo -e "${red}[FAIL]${none} expected to find myself"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+# Creates a symlink with target $1 at location $2.
+# Does nothing and prints an error message if $2 exists and is not a symlink.
+create_symlink() {
+  if [[ -e "$2" && ! -h "$2" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${red}[WARNING]${none} '$2' exists and is not a symlink. Skipped."
+  else
+    if ln -sf "$1" "$2"; then
+      echo -e "${green}[OK]${none} '$2' → '$1'"
+    else
+      echo -e "${red}[WARNING] Could not create '$2'"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+create_symlink dotfiles/gitconfig .gitconfig